Waseda University offers three English language programs focusing on speaking, reading and listening, and writing. “Listening and Reading” is an English language program focuses on listening and reading in English. It covers a various range of topics from everyday life to academic situations. “Academic Writing and Discussion in English (AWADE)” develops your skills to write clear essays. Through “Tutorial English”, “Listening and Reading”, and “AWADE”, you will overcome your weaknesses and develop your overall English language skills, and you will surely gain confidence in understanding others and expressing your opinions in English in a variety of situations.
Academic Writing and Discussion in English (AWADE)
Tutorial English has one tutor for every four students, Listening and Reading has one teacher for every 20 students, and AWADE has one teacher for every 12 students. Each student will receive personalized and accurate feedback.
You have plenty of opportunities to engage in discussions, presentations and writing assignments that would be difficult to do on their own. You will acquire the ability to learn in English with confidence when you study abroad.
Only English is used in Tutorial English, Listening and Reading, and AWADE classes. As you listen to what your tutors, teachers, and classmates say, you will naturally develop your listening skills.
In the AWADE program, you learn how to write essays in English step by step. Initially, you work on 500-word essays and complete a 1000-word essay in the end.
You develop the ability to process information efficiently and accurately while developing critical and logical thinking skills in English through activities.
Tutorial English offers four levels: Basic, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, and Advanced. All classes are small, with one tutor for every four students. By taking the same level throughout the year, you can make steady progress.
Being a good communicator is not only about using correct grammar and vocabulary. To communicate effectively, proper sentence composition and structure as well as grounds to support our own arguments are important. That is where AWADE comes in. In this program, you will learn how to express your own thoughts clearly and persuasively in English. The knowledge you acquire in this program will be important not only for your studies, but also for your role as a global citizen in the future. By repeatedly practicing and employing the real-world language and methods necessary to express your thoughts, you should find yourself able to express yourself with increasing confidence. Although this is a writing subject, our aim is to help students learn how to communicate effectively as a whole. As such, I hope that all who take these classes will be able to confidently interact in English with people from around the world and, in so doing, contribute positively to the international community.