{"id":1001,"date":"2019-09-04T05:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2023-04-10T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T06:11:43","slug":"course-1-eligibility-and-application-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/course-1-eligibility","title":{"rendered":"Course 1: Eligibility and application procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants should hold a bachelor&#8217;s degree or are expected to receive it before they start their studies in this program. Please include a copy of your highest degree in the application packet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants need not have a background in applied linguistics, TESOL, or language education, but are expected to have a strong interest in learner autonomy and advising.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English proficiency requirement (for non-native speakers of English only\uff09<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants who are non-native speakers of English need to have the language proficiency equivalent to one of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOEFL ITP 550 or above<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOEFL iBT 80 or above<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOEIC 800 or above<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IELTS 6.5 or above<\/span><\/li>\n<li>EIKEN Grade Pre-1 or above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The participants should submit an official score report (issued within the last two years) from one of these tests (or evidence of equivalent proficiency). A photo\/scan is acceptable. They also need to have sufficient speaking abilities to participate in pair\/group activities in English. An interview may be conducted in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Participants are asked to submit a short application letter stating his\/her background and the reason for applying to take the course. Upon acceptance, you will receive billing instructions (bank transfer for Japan-based attendees \/ online credit card payment via Flywire for international attendees). Fees are due in full approximately one week before each course commences.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to contact RILAE if you have questions\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rilae@kuis.ac.jp\">rilae@kuis.ac.jp\u00a0<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fees<\/h2>\n<p>Application fee: 10,000 yen<br \/>\nRegistration fee: 10,000 yen<br \/>\nTuition fee for each course: 40,000 yen<br \/>\n<strong>Total fees for Course 1: 60,000 yen*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*Course 1 is a pre-requisite for courses 2, 3, 4, and 5.<br \/>\nThere are no application fees or registration fees for subsequent courses.<br \/>\nEach course costs 40,000 yen per person.<\/p>\n<h2>Discounted rates for KUIS staff<\/h2>\n<p>Application fee: 5,000 yen<br \/>\nRegistration fee: 5,000 yen<br \/>\nTuition fee for each course: 25,000 yen<br \/>\n<strong>Total fees for Course 1: 35,000 yen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility Participants should hold a bachelor&#8217;s degree or are expected to receive it before they start their studies in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/course-1-eligibility\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1001","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions\/2423"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}