デモ授業・受講生インタビューSample class videos / Student interviews

For me, taking ELF classes has meant studying towards achieving my dream. After graduating from university, I would like to contribute to raising awareness of existing discrimination by helping fundraise and coordinate educational activities. For this reason, I have not only specialized in international fund management at the Department of International Management, but also studied English hard and learned about global issues in ELF classes. Even today, I remember well that we learned how serious the discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people was through English in my fourth ELF classes.

ELF classes are different from my previous English language learning experience. We have had many opportunities to work with classmates, read English books, give English presentations, and think and write about global issues in English. To tell you the truth, I used to be really nervous whenever I had to talk about myself ? especially in front of many people. However, thanks to ELF classes, now I am confident in expressing myself through English. One of my most memorable experiences is giving a poster presentation to a small number of classmates several times in my second ELF class. Through this experience, I gradually came to feel like enjoying talking to my audience!

I think the meaning of taking ELF classes is learning ways to express myself. In ELF, I did not just listen to English and study grammar. I needed to communicate, give presentations, practice pronunciation, and discuss with my classmates. Moreover, there are different English pronunciation and a lot of styles of learning English depending on teachers who have various kinds of backgrounds. I could put into practice what I learned while I improved expressing my ideas and opinions in English.

The most significant characteristic of ELF from other English classes is that learning ELF is not just about learning grammar and solving problems in the textbook. I took three different levels of ELF classes and every teacher had different approaches to teaching and learning. The most memorable experience was the activity which I taught classmates about a part of the textbook. I considered carefully how I could teach it so my classmates could understand it easily. To explain what I learned in advance became a great experience for me. Another favorite activity of mine was the “Class Blog” which was conducted in all ELF classes to improve my writing skills in sharing my ideas. I put in a lot of effort to read books of about 150,000 words because I had not read long English texts and it was very hard for me. However, I believe I was able to improve my reading comprehension and speed reading. ELF is the best to learn various aspects of English. In the future, I want to be someone who can contribute to globalization, and this is possible with the skills I learned from my ELF classes.

Taking ELF classes gives me confidence to use English as a lingua franca. I used English in this class without worrying about a mistake. All teachers kindly help me to use English to communicate with other people. ELF is important because it makes me confident, and it gives me motivation.

At the beginning I couldn’t speak English as a tool to communicate with other people. I just used it for tests. But I can use it as a tool now. I know that we don’t have to learn English for competitions or tests now. My memorable experience of ELF is speaking with classmates in English because it is the best way to confirm the purpose of this class. I used English as a tool in communication when we talked in English. And as I proceed, I noticed the progress of me and my classmates.