In line with NUCB's mission statement, this English language course aims to educate and inspire students to become innovative and ethical leaders through the medium of English. In so doing, it is hoped they can grasp and take on the ideal of ʻFrontier Spiritʼ and the ability to create knowledge in English for the advancement of business and society.

This advanced English language course provides students with complex readings and listening activities that emphasize the foundational English learned in the previous terms. The productive and receptive tasks will contain material at the CEFR B2 & C1 and TOEIC® 700 levels score range. This course has a special focus on grammar and vocabulary relevant for the TOEIC® exam learned through reading, writing, listening, speaking, and communication tasks that reinforce previously covered materials throughout the current and previous academic terms but with an increase in the complexity of the materials presented and the tasks required of the students. Across the classes, assignments and tasks are presented in individual, pair and group work formats along with homework and individual study components for active learning. This course also involves the required completion of 20 hours of self-directed learning in the SAC with the support of SAC staff and SAC volunteers.

Building on the previous 500, and 600 core courses, this course will further strengthen students' four English language skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in order to prepare them in their pursuit of graduation and post-graduation goals, including job searching, job application and /or further academic study.

*本学の教育ミッションを具現化する形で設定されています。

- Grammar: to review grammar previously learned, to use the grammar of each week productively
- Vocabulary: to review and recycle vocabulary via receptive and productive tasks
- Reading: to improve reading fluency, and to learn and use critical reading strategies, such as skimming and scanning and context and situational cues
- Listening: to learn and use listening strategies to identify key information, facts, and main ideas via audio or video samples;
- Speaking: to discuss topics from multiple perspectives, to accurately describe/explain business-related actions and events, to be able to ask and respond to questions about one's and someone's daily business life;
- Writing: to learn a variety of writing styles with a focus on meaning and process over accuracy and production as a means to overall effective business communication.

教育手法 Teaching Method		% of Course Time
インプット型 Traditional		80 %
参加者中心型 Participant-Centered Learning	ケースメソッド Case Method	20 %
	フィールドメソッド Field Method	0 %
合計 Total		100 %

This course will be guided by a learner-centered curriculum and is supported by an independent study component completed by the students based on the selection and completion of self-directed goals. Peer, and group interaction and other interactive tasks will occur throughout each term.

*成績は下記該当項目を基に決定されます。
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。

講師用内規準拠 Method of Assessment	Weights
コールドコール Cold Call	0 %
授業内での挙手発言 Class Contribution	20 %
クラス貢献度合計 Class Contribution Total	20 %
予習レポート Preparation Report	20 %
小テスト Quizzes / Tests	30 %
シミュレーション成績 Simulation	0 %
ケース試験 Case Exam	0 %
最終レポート Final Report	0 %
期末試験 Final Exam	30 %
参加者による相互評価 Peer Assessment	0 %
合計 Total	100 %

定期試験　Final Exam

あり

評価の留意事項　Notes on Evaluation Criteria

*This is a SAC compulsory course --> The November TOEIC is necessary to receive course credit.

• John Hughes and Jon Naunton「「Business Result: Intermediate (Second Edition)」」Oxford University Press（（201）978-0194738866

Additional materials will be supplied by the instructor; other resources may be made available from tasks and materials in the SAC.

Your final grade in this course is based on three main areas: quizzes and tests (including homework and the TOEIC), your Preparation Reports related to SAC work, and your class contribution. Quizzes and tests check your understanding and progress in English. The Preparation Reports show how you practice and study English independently outside of class. Class contribution includes your active participation in both face-to-face and online classes, such as speaking and writing in English, joining discussions, asking and answering questions, and showing a positive attitude toward learning. In this course, your effort, responsibility, and willingness to actively use English are very important.

（実務経験 Work experience）

Refereed Articles

• (2024) Myanmar EFL Learners’ Perspectives, Structure, Reasoning and Literacy Practices of Argumentative Writing: A Needs Analysis Study. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies 12(1): 2202-9478
• (2023) Integrating Learning to Argue and Arguing to Learn Instructions: Enhancing English Language Proficiency and Argumentative Writing of EFL Learners. Journal for Research Scholars and Professionals of English Language Teaching 7(40): 2456-8104