Brush-Up English Courses 2025
Objectives
This program is designed to enhance the fundamental English communication abilities of engineering students. It not only focuses on language proficiency but also motivates them to engage in a diverse range of courses. This encourages them to participate in internship abroad and other Intercultural Education Programs, where they can apply to have further development of their newly acquired skills.
Program Details
The classes are taught by qualified and experienced teachers. CEED cover the tuition fees so students can take any courses for free.
The 2nd Semester (Autumn/Winter)
Course Schedule
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* Each course has 6 classes.
| Course | Day | Time | Dates(Autumn-Winter) | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Writing Structure | Mon | 16:30–18:00 | 06/10～02/02 2026 | 15 |
| Practical English for Engineers and Scientists | Tue | 16:30–18:00 | 07/10～27/01 2026 | 15 |
| English Discussion | Wed | 16:30–18:00 | 08/10～28/01 2026 | 15 |
| English Communication | Thu | 16:30–18:00 | 09/10～29/01 2026 | 15 |
Course Details
This course aims to improve your writing skills using the materials for IELTS and TOEFL (iBT) Writing Tasks. It focuses on building academic writing style at international level and on learning the structure of writing, including use of paragraphs and how to express your ideas and opinions logically and accurately. Feedback from the teacher helps you to improve your writing to achieve higher scores in the exams. These skills can also be used as a basis for English academic papers. Everything is instructed in English during the class by a qualified native English teacher, which provides practice for Speaking and Listening.(For those who are too busy on Mondays to attend this class, you can still receive the feedback if you submit an assignment.)
- Language: English
- Dates: [Autumn] 06/20/27 Oct, 10//17 Nov, 01 Dec.
[Winter] 08/15 Dec, 05/19/26 Jan 2026, 02 Feb.
- Room: L200
- Free of charge
（Teacher：Ms. Ivy Lin (Autumn)/ Mr. Robert Johnson (Winter)）
This course focuses on Practical English for science and engineering and helps you to learn useful expressions for explaining your research/field appropriately and effectively for internship abroad or at international conferences including practising how to describe graphs, charts and tables accurately. It also aims to improve your communication skills, especially how to socialise with students/researchers from various backgrounds. Furthermore, it provides practice how to write formal emails such as contacting a professor and applying for your internship. This course will have a positive impact on your research life globally.
- Language: English
- Dates: [Autumn] 07/14/21/28 Oct, 04/11 Nov.
[Winter] 09/16 Dec, 06/13/20/27 Jan 2026
- Room: L200
- Free of charge
This course focuses on improving your discussion skills, developing your vocabulary and appropriate English expressions while exchanging opinions on a variety of topics, such as world news and culture differences. This will broaden your horizons to increase your awareness of countries around the world. You will also watch short films and discuss them to build up more natural conversation skills. This class integrates key IELTS and TOEFL Speaking elements so it can help your preparation for the exam.
- Language: English
- Dates: [Autumn] 08/15/22/29 Oct, 05/12 Nov.
[Winter] 10/17 Dec, 07/14/21/28 Jan 2026
- Room: L200
- Free of charge
This course focuses on practicing English conversation in various situations in daily life and learning common words and useful phrases, including pronunciation and intonation. It aims to improve natural communication skills by doing role-play or playing games in a friendly atmosphere. Each week, a couple of students give a short presentation and receive feedback which helps you to learn appropriate words, expressions and the presentation delivery. If you want to speak English but don’t know how, this is the best opportunity for you to learn it.
- Language: English
- Dates: [Autumn] 09/16/23/30 Oct, 06/13 Nov.
[Winter] 11/18 Dec, 08/15/22/29 Jan 2026
- Room: L200
- Free of charge
Enrollment / Contact
Course Registration / Application Deadline
Students must sign up for the courses by the Google Form on the Link below.
[The Winter Term)] Link to the Registration Form
* Enrollment Still Open *
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Requirements
- Enrollment is open to graduate students in the Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, and Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (supervised by Faculty of Engineering staff), as well as sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the School of Engineering.
- Students must notify us in advance if you are late or absent from a lesson, or if your enrollment needs to be cancelled.
- Students are expected to make an effort to prepare for the class or do assignments if necessary.
- Students are required to respond promptly to any surveys in order to improve our programs.
- Students must understand that the personal information provided will be used solely for purposes of communication, course management and enhancing the services of our programs.
Contact
Center for Engineering Education Department (CEED) – L200
Email: ceed-int◆eng.hokudai.ac.jp *Replace ◆ with ‘at’ mark
Phone: 011-706-7168