The aim of this course is to learn Japanese expressions and language skills which are useful when you attend a lecture at university. Specifically, students will be requested to write a short paper using data collected by themselves.
By the end of this course, students will be able to acquire the basic skills of: 1) writing a short report, 2) using useful Japanese idiomatic expressions, and 3) reading and using essential kanji characters in kun'yomi.
how to write a report, written style Japanese, kun'yomi kanji, idiomatic Japanese
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
After a brief explanation is provided, group discussion will be held in pairs or groups of three or so. Then, students will give a presentation about the discussion outcomes.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Orientation and diagnostic test | Collect some paper in which you are interested. |
Class 2 | Learn the style of paper. | Find some useful expression to write a paper. |
Class 3 | Find your theme. | Find your theme in which you can easily collect data. |
Class 4 | Make a research question. | Make a research question which you can answer with Yes or No. |
Class 5 | Collect data and express in figures and tables. | Learn how to draw a figure/table and its caption. |
Class 6 | Write a paper. | Learn what are the stylistic elements of a paper. |
Class 7 | Make a presentation. | Consider the speech style of a scientific presentation. |
Class 8 | Feedback. | Consider what kinds of comments are useful for presentors. |
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Assessment will be conducted based on student's attendance, discussions, a final report or a presentation.
Only the first year international student can take this course.
On the first day of this course we will have a placement test and an orientation by student support division.
You cannot miss it or you cannot take this course.
The placement will be conducted with a computer readable mark drawing way. You must have some pencils and a plastic eraser with you.
GSEP students must take a class indicated GSEP which will be charged by Prof. Sato.