Japanese

This course aims to help students learn spoken and written Japanese for academic purposes through a variety of familiar topics about society and culture. The target level is CEFR B1.1. Prerequisite: “J3:Japanese” or equivalent. Ten class hours/week. 

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
express their idea and understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters, 
exchange information, and understand and convey one’s feelings and intentions.

The purpose of this course is to learn how to express oneself in Japanese correctly. Taking "role-playing that simulates life in Japan" as the main axis, and supplemented by watching Japanese DVDs and playing games, it enhances Japanese conversation skills and deepens understanding of Japanese culture. The course particularly encourages a learning attitude of active participation and active speaking.

This course is for students who have completed intermediate level studies but are advised to review the contents while at the same time studying at the advanced level. Students practice reading long and complex passages from literature including stories, essays and poetry. They study vocabulary, expressions and their usage in the texts, as well as learn about the authors of the literary works. The course helps students develop a deeper understanding of Japanese culture and way of thinking. 

This course is designed for students who have already learned the first half of elementary- level grammar. It aims to enhance one’s reading and writing skills, as well as the ability to use elementary-level vocabulary and grammar. 

The course design is based on sentence structures and grammatical patterns learned in the textbook, Elementary Japanese for Academic Purposes Vol.2 (Lesson 19 to 24). 

This course is for students who have completed intermediate level studies but are advised to review the contents concurrently with their studies at the advanced level.  The course focuses mainly on reading newspaper articles on current topics such as society, culture, science, politics, and sports, developing one's ability to find keywords; infer direction, and grasp the main idea.  The course also aims to deepen students' understanding of Japanese social issues. 

This course is aimed at those who have already studied the first half of elementary grammar. The course focuses on learning grammar and sentence patterns according to the textbook, "University Japanese: Beginner's Course, Tomodachi vol.2" compiled by the Japanese Language Education Center for International Students, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

This course improves lower advanced level listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It introduces the 50 most important sentence patterns for advanced level students and reviews the important sentence patterns from the intermediate level. Students acquire a command of practical Japanese necessary for daily communication and for study and research in a Japanese university. They master 8000 basic words and 1500 basic kanji.