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In the Faculty of College of Economics, the goal of English education is to "gain international culture and develop global communication skills." The goal is to "broaden students' global perspectives, maintain empathy for others in the international business world, and be able to achieve results while deepening mutual understanding." Specifically, we do not simply aim to achieve high TOEIC scores, but to strengthen students' English skills as a practical international culture and a tool for global communication. To achieve the above goal, we have set the following three objectives.

Goal 1

We use English to provide a wide range of international knowledge (literature, culture, society, history, religion, politics, science, etc.) and to acquire logical and critical thinking skills. At the same time, we use EdTech (educational support services using technology) to develop practical English skills that allow students to output ideas that involve cross-cultural understanding and experiences.

for example···
1. Advanced English education using VR/AI (pilot project to begin in June 2021)
2. COIL = Collaborative International Online Learning (online discussions with US universities have been ongoing since 2020)

Goal 2

Not only will students acquire balanced English skills across all four language areas, but by utilizing the latest corpus (a computer-searchable language database) research, they will also learn native speaker collocations (the connections between words) and aim to acquire the vocabulary knowledge necessary for global activities.

For example, the Shogakukan Corpus Network (introduced in October 2021) uses a corpus with a total of 3.2 billion words, including an English corpus of approximately 600 million words collected from the field of economics.

Goal 3

By using English as a tool abroad and experiencing a real different culture, students will deepen their understanding of different cultures and improve their practical communication skills.

For example... Our faculty's own short-term overseas training program (currently in negotiation and preparation with well-known universities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Southeast Asia)

Professor SCHIEDER, Chelsea S. "Broadening perspectives and worldviews through English education"

Student life is a very important time to broaden your horizons and worldview and to solidify your values. My research explores how the trends of the international situation manifest themselves at the local level in terms of Japanese society and gender. In my classes, I emphasize the interaction between the individual and society in general. As someone who was educated in Japan, the United States, and Europe, I try to make my students feel like they have been on a mini study abroad. In my classes, we analyze the English texts and social contexts of popular novels, movies, and music among young people, and we also have a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) program where we actively discuss war memories and nuclear policy in Japan and the United States with students in California. I also learn a lot from my students every day. I will continue to support students to be responsible people who can boldly and creatively address social issues that need to be solved at the international, national, organizational, and community levels.