Undergraduate Schools

School of World Englishes

School of World Englishes

The School of World Englishes, inaugurated in April of 2002 as the tenth school in Chukyo University, has a curriculum with the emphasis on communication in order to "learn from the world and contribute to the world by making full use of English, a universal language". The primary educational goals of the Department of World Englishes is the master of the English language itself, whereas the primary goal of Department of British and American Cultural Studies is to improve cultural understanding in English-speaking countries, as well as improve proficiency in the English language. The School of World Englishes concentrates on student-oriented classes where those who receive an education are considered most important.

Department of World Englishes

This department is composed of three main programs.

  • 1) The acquisition of practical English skills
    A plethora of English classes are offered to help students develop active language skills, IT literacy , and media and business compentence in addiotion English proficiency in other specialized fields.
  • 2) Cross-cultural understanding
    This program is designed to develop students' abilities communicate across cultures through the medium of the English language with minimal misunderstanding. Classes include Cross-cultual Understanding, Asian studies, Asian-English studies, Oceania studies, Japanese language teaching methods and exchanges with foreign universities.
  • 3) Overseas training
    Required courses include training in Singapore in the first year and training in English-spoken contries in the second year. Internatilnal interships is also offered to help students build their careers after graduation.

In our efforts to afford the best possible learning environment to our students, we have created a peer support system and augmented our campus with a Learning Support Wing annex (virtual English bloc).

Professors Sanzo Sakai Teaching Methods of English
Hiroshi Yoshikawa Asian English Studies I ・ II
James F. D'Angelo International Business I ・ II
Misa Okumura Comparative Cultural Studies II
Tetsuya Enokizono Seminar in World English III ・ IV
Foreign Visiting Professor Yasuo Kumoda Business Overseas Internship
Associate Professors Richard Morrison Reading I ・ II
Gary French Communicative Writing I ・ II
Visiting Associate Professor Anamika Sharma Seminar in World English I ・ II

The Department of British and American Cultural Studies

This department's purpose is to study and research the language, culture and social circumstances of English-spoken countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. This is done based on the Anglo-American ideal of "freedom and autonomy." Students are expected to acquire a level of cultural sensitivity and English language ability that will empower them with the freedom to disseminate information in English in specialized fields. The first and second years feature language-learning classes including Oral Communications, taught by native English instructors (5 hours/week).
The specialty selective courses on culture, literature and linguistics offer over 20 subjects including film, drama, modern culture, comics, media, British and American literature, linguistics, cross-cultural understanding, and the social history of the UK and the US.
For overseas language training, we provide an elective course called Overseas Seminar (hosted by the International Center) on the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. Students who pass selective examinations are also entitled to join the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) and study at overseas sister schools under the credit transfer system.
The office-hour and tutoring programs - with foreign and full time instructors, respectively are designed to ensure fine-tuned support for students.

Professors Makoto Hosokawa Drama and Culture I ・ II
Yoriko Iwata British Culture
Kimiya Adachi Introduction to English Linguistics I ・ II
C. J. Armstrong Seminar in British and American Culture I ・ II
Associate Professors Arinori Mori Contemporary Pop Culture I ・ II
Naoshi Nakagawa Teacher Training I ・ II
Lecturers Eri Kobayashi Lecture A of British and American Language and Culture I ・ II

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