English Class Schedule
Fall 2020 (September 14- December 11, 2020)
Detailed information about courses below. Inquiries? Contact Margaret Howell (margaret.howell@oist.jp)
*Please note: English courses at OIST are available for OIST staff, students, and their immediate families*
Detailed Course Information
| Class | Textbook | Topics covered |
| Basic Business English |
International Express : Beginner (ISBN: 978-0-19-441828-7) |
Unit 7 & 8 in the book. Speaking about flying and airports, hotel and things from the past. Writing emails, checking information and making requests. |
| Basic Grammar |
Oxford English Grammar Course Basic: Student Book with CD-ROM (ISBN : 9780194420785) |
Section 21 and 22: Prepostions and spoken grammar. The final two chapters of the book. |
| Pre-Intermediate Conversation |
Stretch 2 Student Book (ISBN: 978-0-19-460313-3) & Stretch 2 Workbook (ISBN: 978-0-19-460325-6)
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Unit 7, 8 and 9. Speaking about the weather, everyday activities and school subjects. Looking at speaking skills of confirming understanding, apologizing and softening opinions. |
| Intermediate Conversation |
Pathways 2nd Edition: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking 2 (ISBN: 978-1337562522)
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Unit 1 and 2. Speaking about healthy lives and technology. Looking at the speaking skills of keeping a conversation going and giving reasons. |
| Upper-Intermediate Business English |
International Express : Upper Intermediate (ISBN: 978-0-19-441827-0) |
Unit 1 and 2. Speaking about social mediam resources, rules and limits. Looking at prefixes, conversational strategies, report writing, clarifying and making a good impression. |
| Upper-Intermediate Conversation |
Pathways 3 (ISBN 10: 9781337407731) |
Chapters 4 and 5 in the book: speaking about nature and the earth; speaking about different ways of working and job-related topics. |
| Advanced Grammar |
Oxford Grammar Course: Advanced (ISBN 10: 019431250X) |
Sections 11 and 12 in the book: determiners and quantifiers, adjectives and adverbs. |
| Advanced Business English |
Business One:One Advanced (ISBN 10: 0194576817) |
Managing people, managing projects, meetings and presentations, business socializing, and email. Every semester students choose the topics that are most useful for them. |
| English for Admin Staff | no textbook | Students choose the topics. We alternate between 1 week of email and 1 week of conversational Business English. |
| Let's talk about the news | no textbook | Every week students discuss current events from Japanese and international news. No registration required! |
| Seminar | no textbook |
Different topics every week. Topics will include: Describing Culture: Sep 18 Managing Interucltural Introductions: Sep 25 & Oct 2 Communicating Effectively Across Cultures: Oct 9 & 16 Managing Intercultural Meetings: Oct 23 & 30 Fundamentals of Academic Writing: Nov 6,13,20 & 27 Building Intercultural Relationships: Dec 4 &11 |