The University of Osaka

This class is a comprehensive study of basic beginner level Japanese over the four skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It aims to help students understand and use everyday words and expressions to communicate; convey information about themselves, their experiences, and simple comments in conversation, while understanding basic Japanese syntax, vocabulary, and pronunciation and becoming familiar with Japanese notation.

This course is designed for students seeking a comprehensive introduction to elementary Japanese across the four core skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Through interactive classroom activities, it provides opportunities for students to communicate effectively in colloquial spoken and written Japanese; understand fundamental grammatical structures; convey information orally, and express personal opinions.

The class also develops literacy skills by reading and writing paragraphs using Hiragana, Katakana, and approximately 300 Kanji characters. Emphasis is placed on practical usage and foundational fluency to support everyday communication.

This course is intended for students with no prior background in Kanji. Students learn approximately 300 Kanji characters and related vocabulary drawn from the JLPT N4 and N3 Kanji lists. The course emphasizes practical recognition and usage, with the goal of students becoming familiar with at least 70% of the introduced Kanji.

This course presents an advanced introduction to modern information networking technologies. It also covers introductory topics for networking research methodologies such as system performance analysis techniques and networking algorithms.

This class is designed for students to learn basic Japanese (CEFL, A1 level), focusing on Japanese language necessary for living in Japan. The class aims to help students to: 1) Communicate using basic words and expressions; 2) Convey information about themselves, their experiences, and simple comments in conversation; and 3) Understand basic Japanese syntax, vocabulary, and pronunciation, and gain familiarity with Japanese notation.

This course is designed for students with no prior kanji background. It builds foundational kanji knowledge up to the JLPT N3 level. By the end of the course, students will be able to read and reproduce approximately 500 kanji characters and 1,000 kanji-based vocabulary words.

This course is designed to teach vocabulary and expressions in beginner level Japanese (CEFR, A2 level) for daily communication. The course covers reading and writing, but focuses on improving oral communication skills.

This is a beginning Japanese langauge course designed for students who have never studied Japanese before. The course teaches the basics of Japanese language and focuse on communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. 

By the end of the course, participants are expected to:

• Use common phrases in daily communication; 
• Exchange simple information and engage in familiar topics; 
• Talk about personal information, experiences, and simple comments in Japanese; 
• Read simple texts and notices written in hiragana, katakana and simple kanji, and
• Write phrases and sentences using simple expressions and words from model texts.