Eishiro Ito presents
 
PRACTICAL ENGLISH COURSE I 2025
Advanced Class 1
First Semester
2nd Period Monday, Room LL3
in progress



 
ABOUT THIS COURSE
  In this course, you will improve your reading and listening skills mainly.  Every week you will get a worksheet of the MS Word file in which you must fill with your answers and submit it at the end of every classwork.  In addition, some of you, in turn, will be divided into small groups and take my English lesson during each classwork.
The textbook:  Edited by Asuka Yamagishi-YONEYAMA.
   JAPAN QUEST from NHK WORLD-JAPAN's NEWSLINE. Tokyo: Kinsei-do, 2025

 

  The latest volume of the ever-popular "NHK WORLD News Stories" brings you a wide variety of news, from topics close to home to issues of international importance.  With 15 news stories available online to learners this edition makes lesson preparation and review even more convenient.
  This text offers something for every taste, from national news such as "Utilization of ChatGPT in Society," "An Apartment Complex that Coexists with Indian Residents," and "Renowned British Schools Set Up in Japan."  Enjoy studying English while learning about today's Japan and today's world.

 


For the students this year:

For further studies, you are encouraged to watch a variety of the NHK World programs or other English News programs available on your TV.

NHK World (NHK Newsline)



 



 
DOWNLOAD THE MS WORD FILE YOU NEED HERE
Worksheets:
UNIT01. Utilization of ChatGPT in Society
UNIT02. Making a Business Out of Art
UNIT03. Relaxing the Dress Code
UNIT04. The Okinawan Coffee Dream
UNIT05. Reality or Ilusion?
UNIT06. An Apartment Complex that Coexists with Indian Residents
UNIT07. The Marshal Islandsf Enduring Struggles
UNIT08. Innovative Approaches to Keeping Traditional Bookstores Alive
UNIT09. The Japanese Tea Boom in Thailand
UNIT10. Praying for Peace in Hiroshima
UNIT11. The Restored Shogunfs Armor
UNIT12. Renowned British Schools Set Up in Japan
UNIT13. Green Solution in Mongolia
UNIT14. Warnings about the Use of AI
UNIT15. The Impact of the Immigration Control Act Amendment
* Please download your missing file and make it up by yourself in order to catch up with other students.  Of course you do not need to submit the file you make up each time you are absent.

 



 
FINAL EXAM
WHEN: July 28 (Mon) 10:30-12:00 
WHERE: Room LL3
RANGE: Textbook

DETAILS:
   1. Translating into Japanese (based on "News Stories") --- 30 %
   2. "Speak Up: Step 1 and Step 2"----------------------------------------- 70 %

*The above information is subject to change.  Please check this page frequently before the exam.


 




 



        


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