English Class Schedule
Summer 2021 (May 10 - August 6, 2021)
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) |
Units 9 and 10 in the textbook. Speaking about past experiences, working on location, making plans, and writing email |
| Basic Conversation |
Pathways 2nd Edition: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking Foundations (ISBN: 978-1-337-40770-0) |
Sections 1 and 2 in the textbook: speaking about how different things are the same and different, small talk, and speaking about your job. |
| Intermediate Grammar |
Oxford English Grammar Course: Intermediate (ISBN: 9780194420839) |
Sections 3 and 4 in the textbook: future tenses and past tenses. |
| Intermediate Conversation |
Pathways 2nd Edition: Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking 2 (ISBN: 978-1337562522)
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Units 5 and 6 in the textbook. Speaking about psychology and the human brain, as well as food and diets. |
| Upper-Intermediate Business English |
International Express : Upper Intermediate (ISBN: 978-0-19-441827-0) |
Units 5 and 6 in the textbook. Speaking about future tenses, describing graphs and problems and solutions. Focusing on developing a career and goals and objectives. |
| Upper-Intermediate Conversation |
Pathways 3 (ISBN 10: 9781337407731) |
Chapters 7 and 8 in the textbook. We will speak about nature and different ways to protect the environment as well as traditional and modern medicine. |
| Advanced Grammar |
Oxford Grammar Course: Advanced (ISBN 10: 019431250X) |
Sections 14 and 15 in the textbook-conjunctions, clauses and tenses along with the rules for relative clauses (adjective clauses) |
| TOEIC practice |
Developing TOEIC Skills (ISBN: 9781944879778) |
Students hoping for a TOEIC score of 650 or above should take this class. We will practice vocabulary, grammar, and test skills. |
| INCC (intercultural communication) | no textbook |
Every other week students discuss how to use intercultural knowledge to make working at OIST easier. No registration required! This semester's topics TBD |
| Academic Skills Seminar | no textbook |
Practice speaking and writing effectively as an academic at OIST. This semester's topics TBD |