The College of Information Science and Technology (hereafter referred to as “CISE”) was newly established in 2004, independent from the College of Science and Engineering. I had been a member of the preparatory committee for the establishment of the College of Information Science and Engineering in 2003, assisting in the preparation of a new English curriculum and the appointment of new full-time English faculty members. When I was asked by Professor Eiji Okubo, the chairperson of the preparation committee and the first Dean of the Faculty (now Professor Emeritus), to transfer from the Faculty of Economics to the CISE. The main reasons for this move were that it would be easier to obtain advice from faculty members in the CISE on further research and practice of specialties such as CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), and to purchase and maintain an up-to-date server for the English education on the online program, as well as to provide the teaching/learning multimedia materials for the program. The CALL practice environment will be very advantageous in terms of purchasing and maintaining a state-of-the-art server for our online English program, as well as in terms of securing an excellent student assistant who will be indispensable in the development of the teaching/learning multimedia materials. The individual laboratory was located at the far end of the third floor of the Creation Core, which was two-thirds the size of the individual laboratory on the fourth floor of the Across Wing during my time at the Faculty of Economics, and although it felt a little cramped, it was not a major problem to stay by myself. The first English education curriculum began in the style of “English for Specific Purposes (ESP),” in which the students were required to reflect on their basic learning methods (Study Skills) at university and learn basic knowledge of information science in English from the viewpoint of “relearning. The CALL class was offered once a week, and the online program was managed using our own server. I alone was responsible for the development and maintenance of the online program, which was offered once a week. It was a very responsible role, but with the help of the student staff of the CISE, whom I had hired since my time in the Faculty of Economics, I was able to provide a smooth online web-based English learning program.

理工学部から独立し、2004年度に情報理工学部（以下、情報理工）が新設された。その前2003年度に情報理工の設立準備委員会のメンバーとなり、新規英語教育カリキュラムの準備と新専任英語教員の人事を手伝っていたが、その設立準備委員会委員長で初代学部長の大久保英嗣教授（現名誉教授）唐の依頼を受け、私も経済学部から情報理工学部へ移籍することにした。その主たる理由は、コンピュータ活用言語教育(CALL: Computer Assisted Language Learning)といった専門性のさらなる研究と実践において、情報工学部の諸先生より助言を得やすくなり、また独自の英語教育オンライン・プログラム用の最新サーバの購入や維持管理、マルチメデイア教材開発に不可欠な優秀な学生補助スタッフの確保の容易さなど、CALL実践面で大変有利な環境を確保できると考えたからである。個人研究室はクリエーションコア3階の一番端を選べたが、経済学部時代のアクロスウイング4階にあった個人研究室の２/３の広さとなり、少し狭く感じたものの大きな問題とはならなかった。最初の英語教育カリキュラムは、「学びなおし」という観点から、大学での基礎的な学び方の振り返りと情報工学の基礎知識を英語で学ぶ「特定目的のための英語（ESP: English for Specific Purposes)」のスタイルで始まった。学部1～2年次に提供される週3コマの英語クラスを2年間で10単位必修科目とするカリキュラムで4技能（聴く、話す、読む、書く）とコンピュータ・リテラシーを鍛えるものであった。CALLクラスは週1回提供したが、そのオンラインプログラムを独自のサーバを使って授業運営をしたので、そのマルチメデイア教材開発と維持管理は私一人に任された。責任重大な役割であったが、経済学部時代から実践研究をしてきたのと、新規雇用した情報理工学部の学生スタッフに助けられながら、孤軍奮闘しながら毎日を過し、おおよそスムーズなウエブベースの英語学習オンライン・プログラムを提供できた。