The course which the participants took put its focus on developing their listening skills and the textbook
employed in the course used CBS News as its materials. The course was content-based and each lesson consisted
of four stages: presentation, comprehension, practice and production. The participants were requested to come
to class well-prepared. Although the course was basically conducted in English, the participants were allowed to
ask questions in Japanese when necessary. The basic procedure of each lesson is as follows: