Japanese

This Japanese language course is a continuation of Japanese IV and is equivalent to two quarters of fourth year Japanese at UC. The course continues the development of skills in listening, reading, writing, and speaking, and prepares students to utilize Japanese in academic as well as social contexts. Students read authentic academic materials and learn to express their own opinion. 

This advanced Japanese course is designed to improve writing skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.

<Level VII>

Target Students: Those who have completed and mastered intermediate-level studies.

Course Goals: To master the 200 important intermediate sentence patterns and develop understanding and command of the 100 important advanced sentence patterns for further improvement of the four skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing. To master the 10,000 basic words and 2,000 basic Chinese characters.

<General 1-5>

Goal: To develop a balanced, advanced level of proficiency in reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

Contents: Mastery of intermediate sentence patterns and introduction of 100 important advanced sentence patterns, using Doshisha University’s original textbook and support materials. For students to be able to use all the expressions in an appropriate manner, exercises will be of typical situations where each expression is used, without categorizing them into grammar or vocabulary issues. Vocabulary building with an emphasis on collocation. Improving the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through summarizing, reading, and listening comprehension of the materials; role-play using expressions learned in class, and composition exercises.

<Level V>
Target Students: Those who have partially completed intermediate level studies.
Course Goals: To develop understanding and command of the 200 important intermediate sentence patterns for further improvement of the four skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing. To master the 6,000 basic words and 1,000 to 1,200 basic Chinese characters.

<Reading Comprehension B>
Goal: To understand slightly complex passages and sentence structures.
Contents: Reading of upper intermediate level texts such as stories, essays and poetry.

This advanced Japanese course is designed for students to acquire the necessary skills to express one's thoughts and opinions. Students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning a selected topic. The goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections. 

This is an intermediate Japanese language course. It continues Japanese II at ICU and is equivalent to quarter six to seven (third year) at UC. Upon completion of this course students will have mastered basic contemporary Japanese grammar, vocabulary, and a total of 94 kanji including new readings. With this foundation students should be able to express themselves in both spoken and written forms at a level necessary for simple daily university student life.

Through practical assignments, students will comprehensively develop various writing skills necessary for university studies, research, and student life.

Eligibility: B2 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N1 in the JLPT).

The objectives of this course are as follows:
1. Students deepen their knowledge and thinking by reading a variety of texts and developing the ability to construct logic by practicing writing repeatedly.
2. Students will be able to select and utilize appropriate expression styles and grammar.
3. Students will be able to choose appropriate expressions according to the reader and the situation and convey messages via e-mail and SMS message.

This course covers the CEFR A1 level of spoken and written Japanese. It focuses on interactive communication activities relevant to the learners themselves and their immediate surroundings. Students will develop overall language proficiency through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities on various topics.

The course utilizes Hiragana and Katakana in class materials (slides, homework, class announcements, etc.) from the first week. Also, there will be Hiragana and Katakana quizzes within the first two weeks. Please check Hiragana and Katakana (read & write) before class starts.

By the end of this course, students will be able to get an idea of the content provided by very basic words and phrases on the most common everyday situations, speak and write simple phrases and sentences in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics, and interact in a simple way if delivered directly to him/her.

Students will develop critical reading skills necessary to study at the undergraduate level through reading news articles, official documents, and commentaries on the web.

Eligibility: B2 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N1 in the JLPT).

The objectives of this course are as follows:
1. Students will be able to understand the contents of texts on various topics and analyze the characteristics of their writing style.
2.Students will be able to paraphrase the main points of texts on various topics using concise expressions and figures.
3.Students will be able to select source materials by examining the reliability of the information.

This course aims to familiarize students with digital video production and editing in a broad context of education. It is designed to help students learn the technology, art, pedagogy, and practices involved in effective visual storytelling. With the advancement of digital technologies, making a video program has become much easier than before. Even so, to produce a highly effective and professional video, we need to learn certain production strategies, skills, and theories. This course offers exciting opportunities to learn basic theories and technical skills through the production of high-quality short video programs, using simple devices such as a smartphone. It helps students produce video content that has high educational value in a rapidly changing media environment.