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This course is designed for both international students and returnees. In this course, students will be taught essential skills to effectively learn from lectures at university. More specifically, they will learn how to grasp the key points of a lecture or how to take notes through watching a short lecture video. They will also learn necessary vocabularies and expressions by reading
a syllabus of a lecture they are interested in. Sometimes they will be required to make a brief presentation as well as write a short essay. In the latter half of this course, students will have a chance to discuss about the lecture they plan to take in the future with a lecturer.
At the end of this course, students will be expected to become able to attend any lectures offered in Japanese proactively and confidently.
Japanese Language Skills 1C (Contemporary Society) is a class for students who are in the first half of their advanced level of Japanese. The goal of this course is to help students understand contemporary society and community, especially SFC as a learning community, and to enable them to learn better at SFC. Specific activities will include reading texts about SFC and learning at SFC, discussing the contents, and writing opinion papers on the topic. Vocabulary, kanji, and grammar related to the theme will also be studied.
This course is designed for students at the lower advanced level of Japanese and focuses on the training of writing skills. In this course, students will learn advanced Japanese writing skills that their reader(s) will understand easily what they want to convey. Also, students will be required to write essays, so that they will have confidence in their academic writing skills to attend lectures conducted in Japanese.
Students will take up topical and interesting themes in today's society, and read and comprehend newspaper articles, new books, and other somewhat long and complex Japanese texts, explaining them to others in an easy-to-understand manner, and expressing their opinions on the topic in written and oral form for discussion.
This class is Japanese Skill 2W, Written Expression ( Advanced ). This class focuses on Japanese writing expressions and styles, especially those used in reports and thesis. The goal is to be able to write reports on your own, using various resources.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and aims at developing their academic oral presentation skills. In this course, students will learn the following topics by taking related lectures or discussing with their classmates; the basic structure of the presentation, the criteria for a good presentation, and how to prepare for the oral presentation. Those who want to improve the skills required for a presentation in lectures, seminars, or graduation projects are most welcome.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and mainly targets international and returnee students.
In this course, students will learn the process of writing academic essays and will become able to represent their ideas in logical sequences on paper at the end of this course.
This course is designed for both international students and returnees. In this course, students will be taught essential skills to effectively learn from lectures at university. More specifically, they will learn how to grasp the key points of a lecture or how to take notes through watching a short lecture video. They will also learn necessary vocabularies and expressions by reading
a syllabus of a lecture they are interested in. Sometimes they will be required to make a brief presentation as well as write a short essay. In the latter half of this course, students will have a chance to discuss about the lecture they plan to take in the future with a lecturer.
At the end of this course, students will be expected to become able to attend any lectures offered in Japanese proactively and confidently.
Japanese Language Skills 1C (Contemporary Society) is a class for students who are in the first half of their advanced level of Japanese. The goal of this course is to help students understand contemporary society and community, especially SFC as a learning community, and to enable them to learn better at SFC. Specific activities will include reading texts about SFC and learning at SFC, discussing the contents, and writing opinion papers on the topic. Vocabulary, kanji, and grammar related to the theme will also be studied.
This course is designed for students at the lower advanced level of Japanese and focuses on the training of writing skills. In this course, students will learn advanced Japanese writing skills that their reader(s) will understand easily what they want to convey. Also, students will be required to write essays, so that they will have confidence in their academic writing skills to attend lectures conducted in Japanese.
The goal of this subject is to read newspaper articles and small‐sized paperback book about social issues, explain them clearly and deliver an opinion in Japanese.
This class is Japanese Skill 2W, Written Expression ( Advanced ). This class focuses on Japanese writing expressions and styles, especially those used in reports and thesis. The goal is to be able to write reports on your own, using various resources.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and aims at developing their academic oral presentation skills. In this course, students will learn the following topics by taking related lectures or discussing with their classmates; the basic structure of the presentation, the criteria for a good presentation, and how to prepare for the oral presentation. Those who want to improve the skills required for a presentation in lectures, seminars, or graduation projects are most welcome.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and mainly targets international and returnee students.
In this course, students will learn the process of writing academic essays and will become able to represent their ideas in logical sequences on paper at the end of this course.
This course is designed for both international students and returnees. In this course, students will be taught essential skills to effectively learn from lectures at university. More specifically, they will learn how to grasp the key points of a lecture or how to take notes through watching a short lecture video. They will also learn necessary vocabularies and expressions by reading
a syllabus of a lecture they are interested in. Sometimes they will be required to make a brief presentation as well as write a short essay. In the latter half of this course, students will have a chance to discuss about the lecture they plan to take in the future with a lecturer.
At the end of this course, students will be expected to become able to attend any lectures offered in Japanese proactively and confidently.
This course is designed for students at the lower advanced level of Japanese and focuses on the training of writing academic essays. In this course, students will be required to read models of logical writings and learn their structure and expressions to tackle writing assignments and acquire the skills needed to write logical essays. As students write their 1500 character essays, they will also learn how to make outlines and structure their academic essays in Japanese.
Japanese Language Skills 1C (Contemporary Society) is a class for students who are in the first half of their advanced level of Japanese. The goal of this course is to help students understand contemporary society and community, especially SFC as a learning community, and to enable them to learn better at SFC. Specific activities will include reading texts about SFC and learning at SFC, discussing the contents, and writing opinion papers on the topic. Vocabulary, kanji, and grammar related to the theme will also be studied.
This course is designed for students at the lower advanced level of Japanese and focuses on the training of writing skills. In this course, students will learn advanced Japanese writing skills that their reader(s) will understand easily what they want to convey. Also, students will be required to write essays, so that they will have confidence in their academic writing skills to attend lectures conducted in Japanese.
The goal of this subject is to read newspaper articles and small‐sized paperback book about social issues, explain them clearly and deliver an opinion in Japanese.
This class is Japanese Skill 2W, Written Expression ( Advanced ). This class focuses on Japanese writing expressions and styles, especially those used in reports and thesis. The goal is to be able to write reports on your own, using various resources.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and aims at developing their academic oral presentation skills. In this course, students will learn the following topics by taking related lectures or discussing with their classmates: - basic structure of presentation - criteria for a good presentation - how to prepare for the oral presentation Those who want to improve their skills required for not only a presentation in lectures but also the one of graduation theses are most welcome.
This course is designed for students at the upper advanced level of Japanese and mainly targets international and returnee students.
In this course, students will learn the process of writing academic essays and will become able to represent their ideas in logical sequences on paper at the end of this course.
This course is designed for students at the lower advanced level of Japanese and focuses on the training of writing academic essays. In this course, students will be required to read models of logical writings and learn their structure and expressions to tackle writing assignments and acquire the skills needed to write logical essays. As students write their 1500 character essays, they will also learn how to make outlines and structure their academic essays in Japanese.
In this lecture, students will learn about phenomena related to Japanese language education as a second language. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the situation of those who need to learn Japanese in Japanese society while studying the current and past of Japanese language education and considering future prospects. We will also examine issues that will promote the creation of a Japanese language community that includes diverse users of the Japanese language, including learners of Japanese.
This course examines the communication issues of Japanese society toward accepting linguistic and cultural diversities. In particular, it is focused on the phenomena of the difference in culture, language, beliefs and customs that produce unequal power relations. Students are required to explore the aspects of culture and communication from critical perspectives to solve problems that arise from people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds living together. Through the course, students will be expected to gain a critical perspective regarding culture and communication.