Japan

This course reviews and masters elementary Japanese grammar and sentence patterns and develops a well-balanced lower intermediate level proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the 50 most important sentence patterns of the intermediate level, master 3000 basic words and 600 to 750 kanji. They read short written passages on various topics that consist of sentence patterns, grammar and new vocabulary, make speeches on topics familiar to them, and write well-organized passages.

This course introduces students to the interpreting industry of Japan, covering legal and court interpreting; news and broadcast interpreting; medical and hospital interpreting, and sign-language interpreting. The course also covers the concept and framework of community interpreting, analyzing the role of interpreters in the Japanese community through their own experience of living in Japan. 
 

The course provides the opportunity to research fields in Japan where community interpreting is still lacking and how a proper framework may be established to meet these societal needs. 

This course reviews and masters elementary Japanese grammar and sentence patterns and develops a well-balanced lower intermediate level proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the 50 most important sentence patterns of the intermediate level, master 3000 basic words and 600 to 750 kanji. They read short written passages on various topics that consist of sentence patterns, grammar and new vocabulary, make speeches on topics familiar to them, and write well-organized passages.

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. 

This course is for students who have learned Japanese for 300 hours at a university and mastered basic level vocabulary, grammar, and approximately 300 kanji. The purpose is to learn lower intermediate level (equivalent to Japanese Proficiency Test Level 3) vocabulary, grammar and kanji, and to become able to communicate in Japanese in a variety of situations.

This course is for students who have studied basic grammar. By studying reading and writing, students will improve their writing and reading ability and enhance their usage of basic vocabulary and grammar.

Textbook: "University Japanese: Beginner's Tomodachi Vol. 2"  edited by the Japanese Language Education Center for International Students, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.