{"id":40863,"date":"2026-02-16T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/?p=40863"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:57:10","slug":"icc-english-hour-2411-en-2-2-2-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/news-en\/2026\/02\/16\/40863\/","title":{"rendered":"Casual chat in English! ICC English Hour (2026\/5) \u25c6 Every Tuesdays! Walk-in event!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0b4e58a383e77b6929909d45f63ae58a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ICC English Hour has just one rule: <strong>Use English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a class, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about little mistakes in grammar or imperfect pronunciation. Just enjoy an hour of casual English conversation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s for everyone: People from Japan and other non-English speaking countries as well as native speakers too!<\/p>\n<p>Also, ICC prepares games and activities, so there&#8217;s always a topic for conversation.<br \/>\nNo matter your skill level, you can come and practice speaking and listening and make friends too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No registration is necessary<\/strong>, just drop in!<\/p>\n<h5>Date &amp; Time<\/h5>\n<p>May 12, 19, 26, June 2 (Tuesdays) 5:00-6:00pm<\/p>\n<h5>Place<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/en\/about\/facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICC Lounge<\/a> (Bldg 3, Room 111, Waseda Campus)<\/p>\n<h5>Eligibility<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waseda Students, Faculty and Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Language<\/h5>\n<p>English!<\/p>\n<h5>Fee<\/h5>\n<p>Free<\/p>\n<h5>Capacity<\/h5>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559737&quot;:-105}\">about 50 people<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Application<\/h5>\n<p>None &#8211; first come first served!<br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">*Just bring your Waseda ID card\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Notices<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please read and confirm your understanding of ICC\u2019s policies on Cancellation, Food Allergens, Photography and Reasonable Accommodations (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/en\/events\/before-joining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">her<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">e<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559795&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Enquiries<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=clGGs4eYOkuJ_5WjW5L0w1bf-PYKhMNEuRRv6rKz6ztUMFlDUkU4U0w4R01MSEVPRk1BVjBYR0NVSiQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICC Contact Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come enjoy a fun, casual hour of English conversation! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[82,132],"class_list":["post-40863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-events-en","tag-talk-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41368,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40863\/revisions\/41368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/icc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}