Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
33895:[2025 Fall]English Workshop Ⅱ (EC) 2025 Fall Thu2 College　Of　Economics HOSBACH JOSEPH M. 2

Campus

BKC

Class Venue

Ad-seminario205

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

This course is for any Japanese or non native English speaking students who are interested in becoming more marketable in an English speaking environment.

The instructor will work personally with all students who would like to have a better presence in the job market seeking employment within major metropolitan areas of Japan or in any English speaking market outside of Japan.

This class will take a very casual approach to helping each student to develop their own CV / Assist students in writing Cover Letters for specific goals students may have. / Help students set up a history on English Business applications such as Linkedin and other business / social venues.

We will also work together to develop English interviewing skills and provide assistance where needed by students wanting to enhance their English profile online.

Students are encouraged to participate in projects each week to build up their own identity related to a career in an English speaking environment.

Student Attainment Objectives

After taking this course, students will be able to

1. Design their own work related documents needed to help them build their own identity in their chosen English work environments.

2. Be more familiar with what is required of them when interviewing and helping them to become a good fit on their chosen career paths.

3. Think more for themselves and adjust to the changing work environment.

4. Join discussions related to today’s and tomorrow’s ever changing work requirements and challenges that lay a head.

Recommended Preparatory Course

none needed

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
Meeting 1

Orientation and Class Guidelines / Getting to Know Your Instructor and Participants

In addition to learning what is required for the class, participants are encouraged to share with the instructor and other participants what their career goals are and any thoughts they have on how to reach them.

Meeting 2

The Individual Curriculum Vitae I

Students will work together discussing individual backgrounds and talents and find out how to compress our background experiences, talents and qualifications on one single sheet of paper. First drafts will be assigned for week three.

Meeting 3

The Individual Curriculum Vitae II

Students will return to the classroom to make corrections and see what can be improved on their CVs and how this information can be presented in different ways to appeal to different employers needs.

Meeting 4

Cover Letter Confidential I

Participants will learn how to draft their own cover letters in order to reach out and make that essential first contact with potential employers. First drafts will be submitted in the next lesson.

Meetng 5

Cover Letter Confidential II

Participants will work with the instruction and also through peer review to see how their cover letters stand up to the competition. Cooperation among participants is encouraged.

Meeting 6

Our Online Identity

In this meeting, we will reviewing mistakes made by others who presented themselves one way on paper, but quite differently online. As in all our classes, discussion is encouraged and students are aided with some sound advice from other universities. ( Materials for this part of the course are from Sheffield University UK )

Meeting 7

Interview Skills Workshop I

Participants will review the ten most popular interview questions and will learn to see the interviewing process from the view of both the interviewer and the interviewee. We will then develop our own way of answering these questions in an honest manner.

Meeting 8

Interview Skills Workshop II

Using peer review, all participants will see how each of us addressed the top ten questions in a standard interview. We will also develop our own questions and answers to address the changing environment related to interviews and job hunting.

Meeting 9

Entrepreneurship I

Even if the participants in the class have never considered running their own business, this meeting is dedicated to giving this option some consideration. We will listen to testimonials from people who started up their own businesses and consider if this advice might apply to our future ambitions.

Meeting 10

Entrepreneurship II

Students will take turns presenting their ideas on a business plan they may want to attempt in the future. Even if students think they will never start their own business, there are lessons to be learned in management that can be used anywhere.

Meeting 11

The Network Society

In the last third of the course, we will put everything learned in the first ten weeks together. Instructor will introduce different views on how we can learn to network and build our network in order to accomplish our goals.

Meeting 12

Building Networks ( Workshop )

Students will prepare all required materials to show how they want to be represented in person and online. Participants are required to present themselves before their peers for advice and encouragement.

Meeting 13

Presentations

Participants will take turns presenting their digital portfolios before their peers, Unlike most presentations, the audience is encouraged to offer advice and encouragement on what changes could benefit the presenter in reaching their goals.

Week 14

Presentations Evaluations and Final Discussion
Feedback and Reflection

Students will take part in a specialized survey to help the instructor make changes for potential future courses. The instructor will also share with the students his final thoughts and evaluation of individual students and how the group worked as a whole.

Class Format



Lectures and classwork will be carried out face to face in meetings 1 through 14.


Students are encourage to join all discussions and carry out all homework assignment before the next class meeting.

The instructor will be using learning materials he has acquired over the past 5 years related to the topics to be discussed.

Some checks will be made using the app Kahoot! Students are encouraged to become familiar with Kahoot!, but this should not take up much time.

Recommendations for Private Study

The idea amount of outside study for this course is three hours per week, but students will hopefully be motived to put in more time since the fruits of their labor will be applicable during their career beyond the end of this course.

Students will be given outside sources from the instructor to look over before next week’s meeting. Students are highly encouraged to look over all materials as this will encourage discussion in each and every meeting.

Materials for the this course will be workshops developed by The British Council and Sheffield University in the UK. There will also be helpful reading and videos provided by the instructor to help students understand the learning process step by step each week.

Students should understand that the more effort they put into the course, the more lessons learned will be beneficial to their future endeavors.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Students will be continuously assessed through out the course based on documents submitted and in class discussion and participation each week.

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Students will be evaluated in a transparent manner and will have opportunities to appeal their scores and final grade based on their performance in class and on submitted assignments.

90 to 100 A+
80 to 89 A
70 to 79 B
60 to 69 C
under 59 F

Grading will follow Ritsumeikan University grading policy guidelines.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Instructor will go into greater detail in each meeting of the class.

Future assignments will be carefully explained in detail in the class before the assignments are due.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
Think BIG For Business 2 Steven E. Quasha Akebono Press 978-4-905426-76-9 englishbooks.jp

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Materials will be provided by the instructor in each meeting of the course.

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

This is the kind of course that I hope will greatly benefit any student who wants to participate in investing in his or her future. The more work each students puts into the course each week, the more they will get out of it.
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