• 言語学習を中心とした内容を学習
• 高校では、TOEFL・SATなどの授業も開講可能
• IB（国際バカロレア）の研修を受けた教員が担当

Honors English

The Honors English course is designed for students with a high level of competence in the English language. Based on the study of both English language and literature, it aims to reinforce and refine language skills. Students will learn to use language for specific purposes and in situations involving increasingly sophisticated discussion, argument and debate.

This course:

• is specifically designed to nurture students into becoming critical thinkers who don’t hold back from questioning ‘accepted knowledge’
• teaches students to support their points of view and trust their interpretation
• will expose students to the subtleties and ambiguities of English and hone their mastery of the English language
• provides the opportunity for enjoyment, creativity and intellectual stimulation through knowledge of English
• encourages, through the study of texts and through social interaction, an awareness and appreciation of the different perspectives of people from other cultures
• equips students with the kind of skills demanded at university and in the workplace

• 英語でのCritical Thinking力を養う
• プレゼンテーションやエッセイなどで評価

HUMANITIES

The Humanities course aims to provide students at junior high school with general background knowledge of contemporary international issues. Students will study a diverse range of topics, including poverty and hunger, trade and development, conflict and peace;and in each one will focus their attention on a specific issue, such as ethical farming, sustainable development, and the use of child soldiers.

Our course is distinguished from that of other schools by its emphasis on historicizing the topics we study. The course explicitly connects the study of international issues with global history, and as a result, students come to understand today’s problems not as isolated (sui generis) incidents, but as the direct result of specific events in the past. As such, the course gives students an early opportunity to develop and refine key analytical skills that are required for senior-level and undergraduate study.

During each term of study students will engage in close reading, discussion and presentation activities. They will have access television, radio and Internet sources, as well as regular print-based media, and are encouraged to make full use of these in drawing together their personal insights.

• 「哲学の基礎」を英語で学習
• 英語でのHigh-Order Thinking力を養う

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

Theory of Knowledge is not a subject, but an activity. As such, it is fundamentally different from any other subject that can be studied at high school. It demands that students think critically about the structure of their beliefs; why it is that they believe what they do, and how they can justify their opinions to others.

Some examples of questions that arise in T.O.K are…

● Who am I?
● What is the external world really like, and how can I know about it?
● Why is there something rather than nothing?
● Does God exist?
● Are mind and body two separate things, or just one thing?
● If my brain were transplanted into another person’s body, would the result be them or me?
● Do people really have free will to choose their actions?

In T.O.K there is no special privilege for traditional ideas; our thoughts should always be challenging and radical. Although people have different views, we assume that there are right and wrong answers to the deepest questions, and that the method to find out which answers are right is rational discussion.

Because T.O.K is a difficult and challenging activity, studying it develops skills in reasoning, analysis, imagination and writing. When it is done properly, it changes the student’s entire outlook on life, enabling them to be more rigorous and more tolerant of other people’s ideas by criticizing others, and learning from being criticized by them. These skills provide the ideal foundation for international study, and have direct relevance for students interested in careers in business and law, among others.

• 放課後に希望者を対象としたSAT Iの英語の指導を担当
• SAT I（数学）とSAT Ⅱ（数学）を開催中