Foundation English 2007: Student and instructor notes

Paper copies of the Student Notes and Instructor Notes will be available for everyone at the 2007 ELP Orientation on April 7 from 9:00 to 5:00 in Room A408 on the Machida Campus. The level structure, most of the content, and many of the assessments remain the same. However, there are a few changes. The biggest changes are a new textbook in Level 1 and new double-koma classes.

Level 1 will discontinue English Firsthand 1 in favor of English Firsthand Success. Some teachers may know the older version of English Firsthand Success, but we will be adopting the April 2007 edition. Totally True 1 will continue as the reading textbook. Levels 2 and 3 will keep the same textbooks as in 2006: Let’s Talk 1 and Totally True 3 for Level 2; and Passages 1 for Level 3.

The other big change is an administrative and scheduling change. The four koma of Eigo I will now be divided into Eigo IA (Listening and Speaking: Two back-to-back koma), and Eigo IB (Reading and Writing: Two back-to-back koma) on schedules, on e-Campus, and with kyoumuka. Most of the actual content and curriculum will continue from 2006, but teacher responsibilities and record-keeping will change somewhat. Details can be found in the Instructor notes for each level. These organizational details will also be explained in detail at the orientation, but for those of you who may want to get a headstart, here are the notes.

Download PDF files of all notes for all levels in a single .zip archive. Just double-click the downloaded archive to open it.