School of World Englishes

Department of World Englishes

The Department of World Englishes is composed of three major course groups.
The first group comprises subjects related to English language skills, offering diverse English classes focusing on developing active English skills, IT literacy, media and business English, and English proficiency in other specialized fields.
The second group comprises subjects related to cross-cultural understanding and is designed to develop students' abilities to communicate across cultures through the medium of English language without causing misunderstanding. Classes include cross-cultural understanding, international community study, Asian-English studies, Sociolinguistics, Japanese language teaching methods, and there is an exchange program for study at various universities overseas.
The third group is overseas training. Overseas study in Singapore in the first year and in English-speaking countries (chosen from Boston or Hawaii in the US or Australia) in the second year is compulsory for students in this department. The department offers an Overseas Business Study program in the US and International Business Training in Tokyo to help students build their careers after graduation.
In our effort to afford the best possible learning environment to our students, we have created a peer support system and Learning Support Wing, a facility where English speakers are residing at all times to allow students to experience an English language-based atmosphere.

The Department of British and American Cultural Studies

The Department of British and American Cultural Studies offers curriculum in the language, culture and social circumstances of English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The course aims to foster individuals with an international sense and English language ability that will empower them with the freedom to disseminate information and make presentations in English. In order to achieve this mission, classes focus on improving IT literacy and language skills including oral communication.
The specialty elective courses on culture, literature and linguistics offer variety of subjects including film, drama, comics, media, English and American Literature, linguistics, or cross-cultural understanding, and students are provided opportunity to attend seminar from their first year. For overseas language training, we provide a semester-long overseas study program with transferable credits, and an Overseas Seminar (both hosted by the International Center). Students who pass elective examinations are also entitled to join the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) or study at overseas sister schools under the credit transfer system.
Tutoring programs with Office Hour system and extra-curricular activities with foreign and full time instructors offered in the common room are designed to ensure fine-tuned support for students.