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In this class, we first learn to use corpus to explore how we understand meanings of each word and how the lexicon is structured in the mind. We then discuss the following issues. 1) In what degree are linguistic categories diverse across different languages? Is there any universality in the way different languages carve up the world?; 2) To what extent does our thought depend on language? ; 3) to what extent is children’s conceptual development shaped by language learning?
The importance of language communication is increasing when globalization goes on and people who has different cultural background and sense of values work, learn and live together. In these days, we have to acquire communicative language competence and intercultural competence in order to understand each other.
The goal of this class is to consider how do we design culture and language learning environment to promote these competencies through theoretical research and workshop design.
＊In the fall 2020 semester, online workshops will be planned and implemented by the group.
Physical and Mental Health for Campus Life is a prerequisite for second year advancement. Freshmen are strongly recommended to enroll during their first semester. Through lecture and group work, this course aims to provide fundamental knowledge for a healthy and productive campus life and further prepare the student to be a self-managing and self-sufficient leader of society after graduation. In Fall semester, there is also Physical and Mental Health for Campus Life in English. This course is for GIGA program students and international students, and special emphasis is placed on Intercultural adaptation issues. Students who are not accustomed to Japanese culture are strongly recommended to take English course.
This lecture aims to improve problem-finding skill and presentation skill by conducting discussions on problem solving in group work. Problem-finding and presentation skills are improved by experiences. In order to steadily improve skills in this class, the class will carry out group work on three different themes. Many of the themes are related to the issues that companies actually face in the real world. The entire process of discussion, document preparation, presentation, and evaluation of the presentation contributes to skill improvement.
They say China is a typical centralized country on its political power, but you will find a lot of phenomena unlike a centralized country in the bottom sphere of its society. It is an ironical paradox that the strongly centralized one--party system there cause many deviant behaviors by local authorities. It seems that since the beginning of Chinese economic reform, such a paradox is getting more and more serious. In this course, we will analyse such a paradox from the viewpoints of ethnicity, history, culture and system and so on, and study on the relationship between state and society in China.
Kelas Skill adalah kelas untuk mahasiswa yang sudah menyelesaikan kelas Intensif 2. Kelas ini juga bagi mahasiswa yang ingin mengasah Bahasa Indonesianya untuk menjadi semakin lancar dan juga mahasiswa yang ingin belajar kosa kata khusus serta kondisi sosial untuk mempersiapkan diri bekerja di perusahaan atau institusi Jepang-Indonesia. Selain itu, juga bisa meningkatkan kemahiran membaca dan mengutarakan pendapat dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Kelas ini dapat diambil berulang kali bagi mahasiswa yang telah memenuhi syarat.
Korean is one of the easiest language for Japanese speakers to learn(and vice versa). There are many reasons: (1) same word order, (2) grammatical similarity, (3) a number of kanji words shared in Japanese and Korean, (4) cultural similarity. It takes relatively short time from zero to fluency.
Intensive course 2 is designed for the students who have either passed Intensive 1 in the previous semester or those who passed the qualification exam called “Kakyo”. The size of each class is limited to 25 students and there are 4 classes in a year.
The course is taught by both native and Japanese teachers. Chinese is the only language allowed in the class.
Intensive French 2 provides the basic skills for A1-A2 level learners of French. Students will learn to understand simple and short sentences in familiar situations and will be able to communicate with French speakers in daily situations. Students will also be able to explain problems by using easy vocabulary.
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace. In this course, we use Agenda 1 (Hachette) as our textbook. This book aims at promoting collaborative work through task-based learning. This Spring semester will cover from Jour 1 to Jour 5 (“jour” means lesson).
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace. In this course, we use Agenda 1 (Hachette) as our textbook. This book aims at promoting collaborative work through task-based learning. This Spring semester will cover from Jour 1 to Jour 5 (“jour” means lesson).
The acquisition of communication based foreign language skills, which students can competently practice in their daily life, is the top priority goal of German education at SFC. In this course new topics and grammar will be introduced every week. The learning materials are developed to match the student’s school life, area of study and personal interests while studying at SFC. The steps of the grammar lessons as well as the important subjects are all based on the curriculum at SFC. The students will learn around 10 key sentences as well as 40 to 50 words per week. In one semester they will be freely able to communicate with 100 to 150 key sentences and 700 words. Students who will complete the intensive courses 1 and 2 will be able to acquire all basic German grammar, which will be equivalent to the A2 level of CEFR.