The ACE program aims to accelerate your English by giving you the academic skills and knowledge you need to succeed at the university level.
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You will learn to research and develop academic topics and gain the skills you need to share these findings with others through oral presentations and academic writing.
Choose an academic topic
You'll start by selecting a topic you're interested in. This same topic will be used for your poster presentation in communication class and your essay for literacy class.
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Research
Share your findings
Throughout the semester you will research this topic. This includes finding and summarizing related academic articles for literacy class and developing a poster for communication class.
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At the end of the semester you will present your research by giving a poster presentation at the ACE student conference attended by your peers. You will also write a persuasive five-paragraph essay where you demonstrate your writing skills.
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What is ACE?
Learn more
Hear an explanation in Japanese about what the ACE course has to offer, including words from instructors and students.