Information on Courses　＝Level＝

 


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Basic Japanese I 5 105 minutes 5 days / week
This course is for students who have never learned the Japanese language, or have learned only a little. The emphasis of this course is to provide students opportunity to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading and writing, which are necessary for daily life in Japan.
Introduction to Japanese Language 3 105 minutes 3 days / week
This course is for students who have never learned the Japanese language, or have learned only a little. Also, the main target of this course are the students who will be staying in Japan for a short period of time (6 months) . The emphasis of this course will be basic speaking and listening skills necessary for simple conversation in daily life as well as writing and reading. In class, students will have practices focused on practical situations so that students should be able to start communicating in Japanese immediately.


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Basic Japanese II 5 105 minutes 5 days / week
This course is for students who have learned the Japanese language for 150 hours at a university and mastered hiragana, katakana, and approximately 150 kanji and the 1st half of basic grammar. The emphasis of this course is to provide students opportunity to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading and writing necessary for daily student life in Japan.
Comprehensive Japanese for Beginners 3 105 minutes 3 days / week
This course is for students who have mastered hiragana and katakana, approximately 150 kanji characters, and the first half of beginner-level grammar. The course is designed to develop practical skills in the four skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking Japanese. The class will provide many exercises based on situations that students will encounter in their daily lives, aiming to enable students to communicate in Japanese outside of class immediately.


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Intermediate Japanese I 2 105 minutes 2 days / week
After review the basic grammar, grammar of  intermediate low level are taught.
Intermediate Japanese（Reading）I 1 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-intermediate reading skills will be taught through reading texts using pre-intermediate grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese（Speaking）I 1 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-intermediate speaking skills will be taught using pre-intermediate grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese（Writing）I 1 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-intermediate writing skills  will be taught using pre-intermediate grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese（Kanji and Vocabulary）I 1 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-intermediate level competence in kanji and vocabulary is taught.


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Intermediate Japanese II 2 105 minutes 2 day / week
This course is for students who have basic Japanese knowledege. The course aims to develop four communication skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) by learning and practicing intermediate level expressions and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese Speaking 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Basic speaking skills are taught, using basic- and intermediate- level grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese Writing 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Basic writing skills are taught, using basic- and intermediate-level grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese Reading 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Basic reading skills are taught through reading texts written with basic- and intermediate-level grammar and vocabulary.
Intermediate Japanese Kanji and Vocabulary 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Intermediate-level competence in kanji and vocabulary is taught .


科目名 Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Pre-Advanced Japanese 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Higher-level speaking skills are taught, using pre-advanced-level grammar and vocabulary.
Pre-Advanced Japanese Writing 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Higher-level writing skills are taught, using pre-advanced-level grammar and vocabulary.
Pre-Advanced Japanese Reading 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Higher-level reading skills are taught through reading texts written with pre-advanced-level grammar and vocabulary.
Pre-Advanced Japanese Kanji and Vocabulary 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-advanced-level competence in kanji and vocabulary is taught.
Pre-Advanced Japanese Grammar 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Pre-advanced-level grammatical competence is taught.
Pre-Advanced Japanese in Economics 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Knowledge of Japanese economics and business, and of the Japanese terms used in these fields, is taught through reading articles and watching TV programs at the pre-advanced level.


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Advanced Japanese Speaking I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The skills needed to speak effectively and accurately, taking the hearer’s capacities into account, are taught.
Advanced Japanese Writing I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills needed to write on various themes in appropriate styles are taught.
Advanced Japanese Reading I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Reading comprehension skills for interpreting difficult texts are taught.
Advanced Japanese Grammar 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Advanced-level grammatical competence and proper Japanese usage are taught.
Advanced Japanese in Economics I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Knowledge of Japanese economics and business, and of the Japanese terms used in these fields, is taught through reading articles and watching TV programs suitable for advanced-level learners.


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Advanced Japanese Speaking II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Advanced-level communication skills needed for success in academic life are taught.
Advanced Japanese Writing II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The skills needed to write effectively, taking the readers and the purpose of the text into account, are taught.
Advanced Japanese Reading II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The ability to think more deeply about Japanese society through reading fiction and non-fiction works that arouse intellectual curiosity is taught.
Advanced Japanese Speed Reading 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills related to grasping necessary information by reading books, newspapers, and magazines quickly and effectively are taught.
Advanced Japanese Academic Speaking 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills needed for oral academic presentations are taught.
Advanced Japanese Academic Writing 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills related to writing academic essays or theses are taught.
Advanced Japanese Reading in Early Modern Japanese 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills for reading texts from the Early Modern era, including the necessary grammatical and lexical knowledge, are taught . No previous knowledge on classical Japanese is needed.
Advanced Japanese in Economics II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills needed to understand authors’ viewpoints and value judgments, along with relevant grammatical and lexical expressions, are taught by reading Nikkei Shinbun and textbooks on economics.
Japanese for Economic Research 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The skills needed to interpret authors’ points of view and value judgments, as expressed in economics articles and books, and to make logical and clear oral presentations are taught.
Advanced Legal Japanese 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Skills needed to understand laws and legal statements are taught , based on the textbook “Nihonho heno shotai (Learning Japanese law by reading judicial precedents)”.
Japanese Affairs for International Students A 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
This course teaches Japanese literature and affairs from the Early Modern and Modern periods.
Japanese Affairs for International Students B 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
This course covers Japanese history and affairs from the Late Middle period to the Modern era.
Japanese Language as a Specialty, Expression Skills I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The skills needed to write academic essays or theses and in such fields as language, society, and culture are taught.
Japanese Language as a Specialty, Expression Skills II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
The skills needed to make oral presentations in such fields as language, society, and culture are taught.

Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Japanese I 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
General skills needed for research in the social sciences are taught.
Japanese II 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
General skills needed for research in the social sciences are taught. (For those who finished Japanese 1.)


Name Credits Course Hours & Frequency
Lecture for MEXT Japanese Studies Students A／B 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
Prepare for the writing the final report of MEXT Japanese Studies students.
Seminar for MEXT Japanese Studies Students A／B 2 105 minutes 1 day / week
A seminar to explore the appeal of Japanese culture in preparation for writing the final report of MEXT Japanese Studies students.