Keio University

This course is aimed at students who have completed the beginner level. It provides a comprehensive study of the first half of the intermediate level of Japanese language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Through in-depth reading of textbooks, the course increases one's knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and kanji, while improving their reading comprehension, writing, and expression abilities. Similarly, the course improves one's oral expression skills to explain and discuss what they have understood.  
 

Textbook: "Minna no Nihongo Intermediate I." 

In the 1950s, Noam Chomsky revolutionized the study of linguistics by treating language as something produced by the human brain. From this change in perspective, the study of language became an indirect way of studying the human mind. In addition to opening up new ways to approach the subject, this change also built a foundation for doing linguistics as a science. Grammar is seen not as a known set of rules that people need to study in order to learn but rather as the rules that result from the human mind trying to make sense of the language it is exposed to. In this class we will look at two sub-areas of linguistics from this perspective: syntax (the study of phrase structure in language) and semantics (the study of linguistic meaning).

European Union (EU) competition law, along with US antitrust law, are two main streams in the world's competition law, each having their own unique features influenced by various economic theories. This course analyzes the basic framework of global competition law and the leading principles and cases of EU competition law.

In practice, economic evidence submitted by economic consultants is facilitated before the EU courts. The class examines real case experience throughout the term. 

This course focuses on the deep cultural learning and personal growth that can result from adjusting to life in another country. It addresses the psychology of adjusting to foreign experiences, including but not exclusive to, how experiences abroad can be either deep or shallow. The course also discusses the impact of living abroad on one’s values and identity. 

The course requires students to conduct an interview with someone about their intercultural experiences, then analyzing and presenting their findings to the group. The course aims to have students garner the most benefit from their intercultural experiences.