Japanese

This basic Japanese course is designed to improve speaking 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 overall 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 advanced Japanese course is designed to improve speaking skills. A 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. 

This course aims to instruct students basic conversation, reading and writing capabilities necessary for everyday life in Japan.

Eligibility: Students who have studied no Japanese.

The objectives of this course are as follows:
A1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education

1. For students to understand and correctly use basic greetings and set phrases
2. For students to speak about things around them and interact with others using combinations of simple phrases
3. For students to understand simple informative texts and brief passages about familiar topics

This course is designed for students who are able to write around 100 basic kanji characters to study around 100 kanji characters and to practice reading and writing sentences using these characters.

The course is designed for students who have already learned the first half of elementary-level grammar. The aim of this course is to enhance reading and writing skills as well as to acquire the ability to use elementary-level vocabulary and grammar. The course is designed based on the sentence structures and grammatical patterns learned in the textbook, Elementary Japanese for Academic Purposes Vol. 2 (Lesson 13 to 18).

<Level IV>
Target Students: Those who have completed and mastered elementary level studies.
Course Goals: To develop understanding and command of the 100 important intermediate sentence patterns for further improvement of the four skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing. To master the 4,000 basic words and 800 basic Chinese characters.
<Reading Comprehension A>
Goal: To understand slightly complex passages and sentence structures.
Contents: Reading of passages on current topics such as simple newspaper articles.

Target Students: Those who have partially completed elementary level studies.
Course Goals: To master the grammatical expressions learnt at the elementary level, as well as to develop understanding and command of upper elementary and intermediate level grammar and to improve the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing. To master the 2,000 basic words and 500 basic Chinese characters.
Contents: Mastering the elementary level grammar and developing understanding and command of grammar using an upper elementary level textbook, followed by introduction of basic sentence patterns of the intermediate level using an intermediate level textbook. Improving the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing through various class activities designed for developing each skill. Mastering the 2,000 basic words and 500 basic Chinese characters.

This course is designed for students learning Japanese for the first time and aims to enhance basic listening and speaking skills. The course design is based on the sentence structures and grammatical patterns learned in the course “Essential Japanese 1H-1 & 1H-2." It is recommended to take “Essential Japanese 1H-1 & 1H-2” together with this course.

This course is for students in enrolled in Advanced Japanese and provides additional activities to improve Japanese speaking skills.

The purpose of this course is to enable students to analyze and create all kinds of stories, including modern literature, through the study of literary theory. The course focuses on poems, novels and dramas of leading authors and poets of the modern period, concentrating on the works of Meiji and Taisho period writers. 

This intermediate course is designed for students who have acquired an elementary level of Japanese. It develops an understanding of Japanese language through the introduction of new grammar patterns necessary for communication in Japanese. Approximately 150 new kanji are introduced at a rate of 10 per week. Students learn the correct stroke order of kanji, kanji compounds, and how to differentiate polite and casual forms of similar verbs based on kanji composition. Additionally, students have the chance to view various media in Japanese and discuss recent events in Japanese to further their Japanese proficiency and fluency.