8:30
201

201

201

201

201

212

212

212

212

212

213

213

213

213

213

214

214

214

214

214

308

308

308

308

215

215

215

215

215

107

107

107

107

107

216

216

216

216

216

407

407

217

217

217

217

201

201

201

201

201

212

212

212

212

212

213

213

213

213

213

214

214

214

214

214

308

308

308

308

215

215

215

215

215

107

107

107

107

107

216

216

216

216

216

407

407

1

10:00
10:10

2

11:40
12:40

217

217

217

217

217

307

307

307

307

307

201

201

212

201

212

307

216

3
308
14:10

217

MON
8:30 Intensive Japanese 100
Nishijima
Intensive Japanese 200
Oka
Integrated Japanese 301
KanekoIntegrated Japanese 401a
Fukuoka

TUE
WED
THU
FRI
Intensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
Rm.201 Maeda
Rm.201 Miyajima
Rm.201 Maeda
Rm.201 Fujimori
Rm.201
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Rm.212 Nishijima
Rm.212 Oka
Rm.212 Hayashi
Rm.212 Nakazawa
Rm.212
Oral Communication 315
Integrated Japanese 301
Reading Comprehension 312
Integrated Japanese 301
Rm.213 Fujimori
Rm.213 Fujimura
Rm.213 Kumada
Rm.213 Fujimura
Rm.213Integrated Japanese 401b
Integrated Japanese 401a
Integrated Japanese 401b
Integrated Japanese 401a
Rm.214 Kudo
Rm.214 Kudo
Rm.214 Otsu
Rm.214 IshidaRm.214
Oral Communication 415a
Grammar and Vocabulary 411b
Listening Comprehension 413a
Reading Comprehension 412b
Rm.308 Fukushima
Rm.308 Nakamura
Rm.308 Ataka
Rm.308Ie
1
Integrated Japanese 501a
Integrated Japanese 501b
Integrated Japanese 501a
Integrated Japanese 501b
Integrated Japanese 501a
Rm.215 Oka
Rm.215 Hanazono
Rm.215 Hanazono
Rm.215 Uemura
Rm.215
Ooki
Grammar and Vocabulary 511b
Reading Comprehension 512a
Oral Communication 515b
Listening Comprehension 513a
Writing 514b
Rm.107 Utsumi
Rm.107 Kobayashi
Rm.107 Tashiro
Rm.107 Toramaru
Rm.107
Miyajima
Grammar and Vocabulary 611a
Current Japanese Studies 616
Integrated Japanese 601a
Integrated Japanese 601b
Integrated Japanese 601a
Rm.216 Uemura
Rm.216 Suzuki
Rm.216 Toramaru
Rm.216 Ijuin
Rm.216
Ie
Oral Communication 615a
Writing 614a
Rm.407 Utsumi
Rm.407
TashiroOral Communication 715
Listening Comprehension 713
Writing 714
Integrated Japanese 701
Rm.217 Kumada
Rm.217 Ito
Rm.217 Otsu
Rm.217
10:00
HayashiIntensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
Intensive Japanese 100
10:10 Intensive Japanese 100
Rm.201 Maeda
Rm.201 Miyajima
Rm.201 Maeda
Rm.201 Fujimori
Rm.201
Nishijima
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Intensive Japanese 200
Rm.212 Nishijima
Rm.212 Oka
Rm.212 Hayashi
Rm.212 Nakazawa
Rm.212Oka
Grammar and Vocabulary 311
Integrated Japanese 301
Writing 314
Integrated Japanese 301
Listening Comprehension 313
Rm.213 Kaneko
Rm.213 Kumada
Rm.213 Kumada
Rm.213 Fujimura
Rm.213Kan
Integrated Japanese 401b
Integrated Japanese 401a
Integrated Japanese 401b
Integrated Japanese 401a
Integrated Japanese 401b
Rm.214 Kudo
Rm.214 Kudo
Rm.214 Otsu
Rm.214 IshidaRm.214
Fukuoka
Oral Communication 415b
Grammar and Vocabulary 411a
Listening Comprehension 413b
Reading Comprehension 412a
Rm.308 Fukushima
Rm.308 Nakamura
Rm.308 Ataka
Rm.308Ie
Integrated Japanese 501b
Integrated Japanese 501a
Integrated Japanese 501b
Integrated Japanese 501a
Integrated Japanese 501b2
Rm.215 Oka
Rm.215 Hanazono
Rm.215 Hanazono
Rm.215 Uemura
Rm.215
Ooki
Grammar and Vocabulary 511a
Reading Comprehension 512b
Oral Communication 515a
Listening Comprehension 513b
Writing 514a
Rm.107 Suzuki
Rm.107 Kobayashi
Rm.107 Tashiro
Rm.107 Toramaru
Rm.107
Miyajima
Grammar and Vocabulary 611b
Listening Comprehension 613
Integrated Japanese 601b
Integrated Japanese 601a
Integrated Japanese 601b
Rm.216 Uemura
Rm.216 Suzuki
Rm.216 Ooki
Rm.216 Ijuin
Rm.216
Ie
Oral Communication 615b
Writing 614b
Rm.407 Utsumi
Rm.407
TashiroGrammar and Vocabulary 711
Current Japanese Studies 716
Integrated Japanese 701
Business Japanese 718
Reading Comprehension 712
Rm.217 Utsumi
Rm.217 Ijuin
Rm.217 Toramaru
Rm.217 Fukuoka
Rm.217
Fukushima
Academic Writing 814
Current Japanese Studies 816
Dramas and Documentaries 817
Oral Communication 815
Critical Reading 812
Rm.307 Hayashi
Rm.307 Nakamura
Rm.307 Fujimori
Rm.307 Otsu
Rm.307
11:40 Fukumura
Oral Communication 115
Writing 214
Writing 114
Oral Communication 215
12:40 Kanji 901
Rm.201 Nishijima
Rm.201 Utsumi
Rm.212 Hayashi
Rm.201 Ataka
Rm.212
Hanazono
Kanji 902a/ 902b
Writing 414a/ 414b
Business Japanese 818
Reading Comprehension 612
Rm.213/ 214
Rm.213/ 214
Rm.307 Fukuoka
Rm.216
Kobayashi/ Kan
Takano/ Miyajima
Ooki
3
Kanji 903a/ 903b
Japanese Pronunciation 911
Rm.215/ 216
Rm.308
Kaneko/ Fukumura
Nakamura
Kanji 904
Rm.217
14:10 Fukushima

2016

Course Descriptions
2016 Spring Term

Subject Category

Class CodeIntensive Japanese

100

Subject Title

Credit(s)Intensive Japanese 100/
Day(s) & Period(s)

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

I100

10

1-2
Mondays 1st-2nd periods, Tuesdays 1st-2nd periods, Wednesdays

1st-2nd periods, Thursdays 1st-2nd periods, Fridays 1st-2nd periods

Instructor(s)Mondays: Nishijima, Tuesdays and Thursdays: Maeda, Wednesdays: Miyajima, Fridays: Fujimori
4

To acquire basic Japanese competence in speaking,listening, reading and writing

Objectives
1)1) Basic Japanese grammar

2)2) Basic Japanese vocabulary and expressions

3)3) Drills and activities based on 1) and 2)

4)

Description4) Learning about 300 kanjis

300

5)

5) Simple presentations on familiar topics

6)6) Introducing one’s national geography and culture by
writing and speaking

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Participationand 20%Presentation

20%
Activities in class,2015“Elementary

Japanese

Purposes, vol.

&forAcademic” (2015 Version)(Revised Edition, not yet published. To
be distributed in class.)

Kanji quizzes, assignments
Mid and final examinations

60%

Subject Category

114

Subject Title

Credit(s)Writing 114/
Day(s) & Period(s)3114Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Thursdays 3rd period

Hayashi

Instructor(s)To be able to write in plain sentences about everyday
subjects, using basic-level idioms and grammar rules.
Objectives

Writing about yourself and people around you
Writing about your home country
Description

Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation

20%

Assignments

60%

Final assignment

20%

Subject Category

Class Code

Focused Japanese

115

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 115/

3

Day(s) & Period(s)

F115

1

Tuesdays 3rd period

Nishijima

Instructor(s)The goal of this course is for students to firmly
understand elementary-level grammar and vocabulary
to discuss topics which would be used in daily

Objectives

conversation.
Students will discuss topics that are familiar to them.
Students will practice conversations which is necessary
100

2

in daily life.
Research Students and Teacher Training Students

Description

taking level 100 classes must also take this course
twice a week.
Textbook(s)To be announced in class.

Supplementary Materials

Grading

To be announced in class.

(Class participation, assignments, andin-class performanceSubject Category

Class CodeIntensive Japanese

200

Subject Title

Credit(s)Intensive Japanese 200
1-2/
Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)

1-2

1-2

1-2

I200

10

1-2
st

Mondays 1 -2nd periods, Tuesdays 1st-2nd periods, Wednesdays

1st-2nd periods, Thursdays 1st-2nd periods, Fridays 1st-2nd periods
Mondays and Wednesdays: Oka, Tuesdays: Nishijima, Thursdays: Hayashi, Fridays: Nakazawa
4To

Objectives

acquire

basic

and

pre-intermediate

Japanesecompetence in speaking, listening, reading and writing
The course is for students who have completed
introductory level of Japanese study.
1)1) Upper basic and pre-intermediate Japanese grammar

2)2) Upper3)
Description

basic

and

pre-intermediate

Japanese

vocabulary and expressions

4)3) Drills and activities based on 1 and 2

5)4) Learning kanji5) Surveying and making presentations on familiar topics

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials“Elementary Japanese for
Academic Purposes, vol. ”
JPLANG (e-Learning System)“Getting to the Intermediate Level”

Grading
Class participation

10%

Assignments

20%

To be announced in classPresentation

Mid and final examinations

10%
60%

S ubject C ategory214
S ubject T itle

C redit(s)W riting 214/

3

D ay(s) & P eriod(s)214

C lass C ode

F ocused J apanese1

W ednesdays 3 rd period

U tsum i

Instructor(s)F or students w ho have com pleted level 100 or possess

100

equivalent J apanese skills. A t the end of the course
O bjectives

students should be able to w rite essays about fam iliar
topics and to know about J apanese basic essay structure.

S tudents w ill w rite the follow ing essay topics:
Introducing yourself
Introducing your hom etow n
D escribing the place you have visited

D escription

E xpressing your opinion on likes and dislikes

T extbook(s)H andouts

S upplem entary M aterials
T o be announced in class

G rading
C lass participation

20%

A ssignm ents

60%

F inal exam ination

20%

Subject Category

Class Code

Focused Japanese

215

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 215/

3

Day(s) & Period(s)

F215

1

Fridays 3rd period

Ataka

Instructor(s)To be able to make a brief presentation on topics
familiar to you.
Objectives

To be able to make a brief conversation by using
common expressions in your daily life.
Prepare and make a presentation on topics familiar toyou.
Make a conversation by using common expression in

Description

daily life.
Textbook(s)To be announced in class

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation

30%

Assignments

20%

Presentation50%

Subject Category

301

Subject Title

1

Day(s) & Period(s)st5Credit(s)Integrated Japanese 301

/

I301

Class CodeIntegrated Japanese

2

1

nd

2
st

1
nd

st

Mondays 1 period, Tuesdays 2 period, Wednesdays 1 period, Thursdays 2 period, Fridays 1 period
KanekoInstructor(s)Fujimura

KumadaFor students who have completed basic level of Japanesestudies. The course is aimed at acquiring Intermediate
Japanese skills and knowledge.
To be able to read intermediate sentences anddiscourses related to society and culture while
understanding both what they mean and what writers’
actual intensions are; and to be able to give explanations
and opinions in speaking and writing. Additionally, to beable to make presentations on familiar topics in a small
group; and be able to ask and answer questions, andexchange information on students’ home country.
To study grammar to fulfill the above objectives.

Objectives

1) [First-half] Intermediate grammar
2) [First-half] Intermediate vocabulary and expressions
Description

3) Practice and activities based on 1) and 2)
4) Exchange information on society and culture
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class Participation“Chukyu Nihonho: Intermediate Japanese” To be announced in class(Bonjinsha, Inc)

Activities in class, assignments
Quizzes
Mid and final examinations

10%
10%
20%
60%

Subject Category

311

Subject Title

2

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Credit(s)Grammar and Vocabulary 311/

311

Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Mondays 2nd periodKan
To be able to understand basic/intermediate
grammar and express correctly what a student
wants to say.

Objectives

To increase vocabulary

Reviewing basic grammar and acquiring appliedskill
Learning how to use basic/intermediate Japanese

Description

vocabulary
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Activities in class and 30%

To be instructed in class
20
Crash Course in Japanese Grammar: 20
Most Basic Points
Handouts

assignments
Final examination50%

In-class performance20%Subject Category

312

Subject Title

1

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)1Credit(s)Reading Comprehension 312/

312

Class Code

Focused JapaneseThursdays 1st period

KumadaTo be able to read long stories
To be able to get the gist

Objectives

Reading long stories
Increasing vocabulary
Getting the gist

Description

Summarizing the contents
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

30%
Activities 40%

To be announced in classin class, assignments, and reading-sheets
Examinations30%

Subject Category

313

Subject Title

Credit(s)Listening Comprehension 313/

2

Day(s) & Period(s)313Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Fridays 2nd period

Fujimura

Instructor(s)To enable students to listen and obtain information
and understand the context of a short conversationand sentences with limited vocabulary and sentence
Objectives

patterns
1) Content comprehension practice (listening)2) Content summarization practice3) Shadowing
4) Dictation

Description5) Learning new vocabulary

Textbook(s)
50
2,160

Supplementary Materials
e-Learning

JPLANG

Grading
Class participation

10%

e-Learning materials JPLANG

Quizzes

10%

https://jplang.tufs.ac.jp/

Mid and final examinations
Assignments

60%
20%

Subject Category

314

Subject Title

Instructor(s)Wednesdays 2nd period2Day(s) & Period(s)1Credit(s)Writing 314/

314Class Code

Focused Japanese

KumadaTo enable students to write Japanese sentences onfamiliar

Objectives

topics

using

a

range

of

basic

to

pre-intermediate vocabulary and grammar in order2

to step up to intermediate 2 level

Enhancing students’ ability to use expressions to
describe and explain facts and deliver opinions
Learning the difference between spoken and written
words and phrases.

Description

Developing students’ understanding of paragraphs
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
In-class performance

Handouts

To be announced in class40%

Activities in class and 60%
assignments

Subject Category

315

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 315/

1

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Class Code

Focused Japanese

F315

1

Tuesdays 1st period

Fujimori
1 To develop students’ skills to converse on familiar
issues and topics
2 To develop students’ skills to make a presentation on

Objectives

familiar issues and topics, and to participate in question
and answer sessions
3 To develop students’ skills to talk with the clear
pronunciation and accent.
1 Talk and make a presentation about oneself in group
discussions
2 Introduce one’s culture in the class
3 Ask questions and answer after a presentation

Description

Textbook(s)15Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation

30%

Assignments

20%

Presentation
Handouts

50%

Subject Category

Class CodeIntegrated Japanese

401a/ 401b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Integrated Japanese 401a/ 401b
401a

1

I401a/ I401b

5

2
st

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1 period, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2nd period/
Day(s) & Period(s)

2

401b

1
nd

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2 period, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1st period
Fukuoka

Instructor(s)(Kudo)

Otsu(Ishida )To learn intermediate Japanese and enhance skills forpractical use through social and cultural themes
To be able to read the abstract text by using dictionaries
and vocabulary list
To be able to comprehend the logic of texts
To be able to understand the gist of presentations andinterviews
To be able to give well-grounded opinions
To be able to have proper interviews with Japanesepeople.
To be able to make a presentation using PowerPoint.
To be able to write short texts about what you researchand think.

Objectives

Description
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Performing tasks such as discussions, interviews,
presentations and reports using materials for reading
and listening comprehension of social and cultural
topics.
Grading
Tasks

To be announced in class“Encounter with Japanese Society andCulture” (HITUZI SYOBO)

40%

Kanji Quizzes
Assignments

10%
10%

Participation in class10%

Mid and final examinations30%

Subject Category

411a/ 411b

Subject Title

411a/ F411b

Class Code

Focused JapaneseCredit(s)Grammar and Vocabulary 411a/ 411b

/

411a

2

Wednesdays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

411b

1

Wednesdays 1st period

1

Fukushima

Instructor(s)To learn intermediate Japanese grammar
vocabulary N3 level
Objectives

andand improve skills for reading,listening, speaking and writing.

1) Learn intermediate grammar, sentence patterns andexpressions, and make sentences by oneself.
2) Build up vocabulary skill
Description

Textbook(s)N3Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class“New Complete Master Series- The
Japanese Language Proficiency Test:
N3 Grammar” (3A Network)

Grading
Class participation

20%

Assignments

30%

Mid and final examinations
N3

50%

Subject Category

412a/ 412b

Subject Title

412a/ F412b

Class Code

Focused JapaneseCredit(s)Reading Comprehension 412a/ 412b

/

412a

2

Fridays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

412b

1

Fridays 1st period

1

Ataka

Instructor(s)To be able to read long sentences
To understand the development of logic
Objectives

To understand the substance

Read long sentences
Learning useful expressions to understand logicalstructure of the discourse.

Description

Read with social and cultural background knowledge
Summarize the content
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

To be announced in class30%

Activities in class, 20%

To be announced in class
home assignments

Mid and final examinations 50%

Subject Category

413a/ F413b

Class Code

Focused Japanese

413a/ 413b

Subject Title
/

413a

1

Thursdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

413b

2

Thursdays 2nd period

1Credit(s)Listening Comprehension 413a/ 413b

Nakamura Noriko

Instructor(s)300

For students who have completed level 300 or2

possess equivalent Japanese skills. The course
aims at developing their skills to understandObjectives

2-minute-long discourses by guessing the meaningof unknown words and to summarize the discourses.
1) Content comprehension practice (listening)2) Content

summarizationinanotebook

constructive chart3) Shadowing

Description4) Learning new vocabulary5) Summarization
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Copies will be distributed in class.

Presented in class if necessary

Assignments and quizzes
Mid and final examinations

20%
30%
50%

Subject Category

414a/ 414b
Subject Title

3

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Credit(s)Writing 414a/ 414b/

414a/ F414b

Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Wednesdays 3rd period

414aTakano414b

Miyajima

300

For students who have completed level 300 or
possess equivalent Japanese skills. The course willdevelop basic skills to write specialized texts, such

Objectives

as academic reports and research plans using
intermediate grammar and vocabulary.
Learning expressions necessary to write specialized
sentences, such as definition, cause-effect relations andquotations

Description

Learning differences between written and spoken words
Practicing to logically connect sentences and form
paragraphs

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials
2

Class participation
To be announced in class“Japanese 2 for Foreign University andGraduate Students: Composition” (ALC
Press Inc)

Grading
20%

Assignments

60%

Final examination

20%

Subject Category

415a/ 415b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 415a/ 415b

/

415a

1

Tuesdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

415b

2

Tuesdays 2nd period

Instructor(s)415a/Class Code

Focused Japanese

415b

1

Ie
To be able to make brief presentation and/or ask andanswer questions on your familiar topics.

Objectives

To be able to communicate with people by using
suitable expressions in your daily life.
Prepare and conduct an interview and/or make apresentation on familiar topics.
Impromptu short speech and/or role play.

Description

Story telling.
Chatting.
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials

Grading

To be announced in class
Grades will be comprehensively decided
based

on

assignments,

homework,

presentation and class participation.

Subject Category

Subject Title

501a/ 501b

Day(s) & Period(s)Credit(s)Integrated Japanese 501a/ 501b
1

501a
/

Class CodeIntegrated Japanese

I501a/ I501b

5

2
st

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1 period, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2nd period
2

501b

1
nd

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2 period, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1st period
Ooki

Instructor(s)OkaHanazono

For students who have completed level 400 or possess
equivalent Japanese skills. This course aims to help
students learn intermediate-advanced Japanese andenhance skills for practical use.
To understand texts or conversations while thinkingof the logic flow, and to explain and make commentson related issues
Developing competence to read specialized books
and to listen to lectures
Reading textbooks, practicing listening, studying
grammar and sentence patterns, and building
vocabulary
Task for each lesson (speeches, discussions, etc)
Quizzes of kanji and vocabulary

400
Objectives

Description

Textbook(s)Handouts

UemuraSupplementary

Grading

Materials
To be announced in class

20%

Class participation 15%
Assignments 15%

Quizzes

25% Mid- and final-term
examination: 25% each20%
Students who are absent for more than 20 percent fromclass will automatically flunk the course.

Subject Category

511a/ 511b

Subject Title

511a/ F511b

Class Code

Focused JapaneseCredit(s)Grammar and Vocabulary 511a/ 511b

/

511a

2

Mondays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

511b

1

Mondays 1st period

1

Miyajima

Instructor(s)400This course is for students who have completed level
400 or possess equivalent Japanese skills. The
students will learn grammatical items and vocabulary at

Objectives

the mid-to-upper intermediate level, in order to be able
to use them in context.
Studying intermediate-level sentence pattern
N3

level N3 N2

N2
N3

Description

501a/b

JLPT

N2

501

Learning vocabulary required for JLPT level N3 N2
Being linked to 501a/b, we will look at somegrammatical matters which appear in 501’s readingmaterials.

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Activities in class, 30%

N2“New Complete Master Series- The
Japanese Language Proficiency Test:
N2 Grammar” (3A Network)

Handouts

assignments
Mid and final examination50%

In-class performance20%Subject Category

512a/ 512b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Reading Comprehension 512a/ 512b

/

512a

1

Tuesdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

512b

2

Tuesdays 2nd period

512a

Utsumi

512b

Suzuki

Instructor(s)400
Objectives

Description

Textbook(s)512a/Class Code

Focused Japanese

Supplementary Materials

1

This course is for students who have completed level
400 or possess equivalent Japanese skills. The
students will read and develop an ability to understandpractical writings, such as social and cultural themes.
The aims are:
To be able to understand the logical structure.
To be able to understand main messages.
To be able to read logically and look-ahead.
To be able to draw necessary information from thetext.
To be able to use the reading strategy
Review expressions and sentence patterns whichshow the connection between sentences andparagraphs.
Practice building up a word network.
Practice guessing the meaning of unlearned words.
Read newspaper articles on concrete topics such associety and/or culture.
Grading
In class performance, 40%

Handouts

To be announced in class512b

assignments
Mid and final examinations

60%

Subject Category

513a/ 513b

Subject Title

513a/Class Code

Focused Japanese

Listening Comprehension 513a/ 513b

/

513a

1

Thursdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

513b

2

Thursdays 2nd period

Credit(s)513b1TashiroInstructor(s)400This course is designed for students who havecompleted level 400 or those who are in the samelevel. At the end of the course students should be

Objectives

able to listen and understand fairly long passages.
1.
2.
3.
Description

4.

Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

1. Learning useful expressions to understand thestructure of lectures
2. Understanding the topic and catching keywords
3. Understanding social and cultural knowledge ofJapan
4. Summarize the lecture presented in the class.
Grading
In-class performance20%

Assignments

40%

Mid and final examinations

40%

Subject Category

514a/ 514b

Subject Title

514a/ F514b

Class Code

Focused JapaneseCredit(s)Writing 514a/ 514b

/

514a

2

Fridays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

514b

1

Fridays 1st period

1Toramaru

Instructor(s)For students who have completed level 400 or possess

400

equivalent Japanese skills
Objectives

To develop necessary skills to write simple reports
and long sentences that include abstract information

Writing with knowledge of the difference between
spoken and written Japanese
Description

Logically linking paragraphs to structure a short
paper
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

12
To be announced in class“Twelve Steps to Short Essays” by
Etsuko Tomomatsu (3A Network)

Grading
Class participation

20%

Assignments

60%

Final examination
20%

Subject Category

515a/ 515b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 515a/ 515b

/

515a

2

Wednesdays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

515b

1

Wednesdays 1st period

Instructor(s)515a/Class Code

Focused Japanese

515b

1

Kobayashi
To be able to talk and discuss everyday topics
considering the relationship with the conversation
partner.

Objectives

To be able to give short presentations and answer
questions on social and cultural themes.
Using appropriate expression forms to a person you
are talking with or an occasion.
Speaking using appropriate attitudinal expressions.
Interview Japanese and report that in a plain
language.
Making a speech about students’ experience and

Description

talk about it.
Listen to classmates’ conversation and speech,
then talk about what were the good points andshortcomings.
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Assignments

30%

Class participation

40%

Presentations30%

Subject Category

Subject Title

Class CodeIntegrated Japanese

1

601a/ 601b

Credit(s)Integrated Japanese 601a/ 601b

I601a/ I601b

3

/

601a

1

2

Mondays and Fridays 1st period, Wednesdays 2nd period

Day(s) & Period(s)

601b

2

1

Mondays and Fridays 2nd period, Wednesdays 1st period

Ie

Instructor(s)SuzukiIjuin
For the students who have completed Level 500 or

500

have equivalent language competency, this course isdesigned to enhance their performance in all four

Objectives

aspects by dealing with content that includes rather
abstract themes so that they can handle university-level
academic classes.
Developing the skills to read and understandspecialized texts, read materials, take notes, and makepresentations.
Reading textbooks and listening to audio materials
Description

Tasks

related

to

the

class

(presentations,discussions, reports, etc.)
Quizzes on kanji and vocabulary.
Textbook(s)Supplementary

Grading

Materials

29

Quizzes and assignments
To be announced in class

Tasks

40
60

Subject Category

1

Subject Title

611a/ F611b

Class Code

Focused Japanese

611a/ 611b

Credit(s)Grammar and Vocabulary 611a/ 611b

/

611a

1

Tuesdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

611b

2

Tuesdays 2nd period

1

UemuraInstructor(s)For those who have completed level 500 or possess

500

equivalent Japanese skills.

To learn grammar andbuild vocabulary of upper intermediate and advanced

Objectives

levels that are necessary to study and do research at a
graduate school.
Studying the advanced-level grammar and vocabulary.
(JLPT level N2 and N1)

N2 N1
Description

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

N1
Complete“New
MasterSeries-The

Japanese

Language Proficiency Test: N1 Grammar”
Network

3A

To be announced in class

Assignments
Mid and final examinations

10%
30%
60%

Subject Category

1

Subject Title

612

Credit(s)Reading Comprehension 612/

3

Day(s) & Period(s)612Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Fridays 3rd period

Fukuoka

Instructor(s)For students who have completed level 500 or possess

500

equivalent Japanese skills.
To develop reading skills necessary to understandObjectives

textbooks used in universities
Improvingreadingcomprehension

skillsthroughreading various types of texts (understanding content
and sentence structure, forecast, logic comprehension,etc.)

Description

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

25%

Activities in class and 40%

To be announced in classassignments

Final examination

35%

Subject Category

1

Subject Title

613

Credit(s)Listening Comprehension 613/

2

Day(s) & Period(s)613Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Thursdays 2nd period

Ooki

Instructor(s)This class is for students who have finished 500 or
possess equivalent Japanese skills. It aims atenhancing skills to:1) To listen to stories thinking of their compositions.
2) To concisely organize the content of the things theyhear.
3) To be able to understand commentaries which are alittle technical, speeches, current topics.

500

Objectives

1) Understanding and summarizing what they haveheard2) Listening and repeating what they have heard

Description

3) Discussions on the content they have heard4) Learning new vocabulary (including quizzes)
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

No textbooks used10%

Quizzes

20%

Assignments

20%

Mid and final examinations

50%

Subject Category

1

Subject Title

614a/ 614b

Class Code

Focused Japanese

614a/ 614b
Credit(s)Writing 614a/ 614b

/

614a

1

Thursdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

614b

2

Thursdays 2nd period

1

Utsumi

Instructor(s)500

For students who have completed level 500 or possess
equivalent Japanese skills. The course aims to develop
the students’ ability to write papers and essays required

Objectives

at universities.
To be able to write organized sentences that include
abstract contents.
Writing short sentences with styles and vocabulary
appropriate to essays and reports.

Description
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

Assignments
Term paper“Writing

Dissertations

inJapanese:

Revised Edition” by Nobuko Nitsu & Fujiko
Sato 3A Network

20%
30%
50%

Subject Category

1

Subject Title

615a/ 615b

Class Code

Focused Japanese

615a/ 615b

Credit(s)Oral Communication 615a/ 615b

/

615a

1

Wednesdays 1st period

Day(s) & Period(s)

615b

2

Wednesdays 2nd period

1TashiroInstructor(s)This course is designed for students who have500

completed level 500 or those who are in at the
Objectives

advanced level.

At the end of the course students

should be able to negotiate and communicate withothers in complicated situations. Also, students shouldbe able to debate, discuss, and deliver a presentation
on abstract themes.
Students will practice to perform the following
things adequately:11) To ask, refuse, and apologize in some complex
Description

situations through role-plays.

22) To deliver opinions with reasons inpresentations, discussions, and debates.
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials

Grading
30%
Class participation
20%
Assignments
Presentations and 50%

To be announced in classdebatesSubject Category

1

Subject Title

616
Credit(s)Current Japanese Studies 616/

1

Day(s) & Period(s)616Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Thursdays 1st period

Toramaru

Instructor(s)500

Aimed at students that have completed the 500 orequivalent level, learners will become able to manage

Objectives

the following tasks that focus on familiar current events.

11) To be able to understand the words and expressions

2

used to convey everyday current events.
2) To be able to listen to and read about everyday current

3

issues, on the news and in the newspapers, andunderstand the overall concepts.
3) To be able to give speeches and participate indiscussion about familiar current affairs.

Description

11) Study basic words and expressions22) Listen to the news

33) Read articles in newspapers and magazines

44) Give speeches and participate in discussions

Textbook(s)NoneSupplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation
Assignments
Final examination

20%
40%
40%

Subject Category

2

Subject Title

Class CodeIntegrated Japanese701/
Day(s) & Period(s)

2
Ijuin

Instructor(s)2Credit(s)Integrated Japanese 701
,

1

I701

Wednesdays 2nd period, Fridays 1st period

Otsu
The course aims at improving all four Japanese
languageskills(writing,

reading,listening,andspeaking) to a level sufficient to study and conduct

Objectives

research successfully at Japanese universities andgraduate schools, while deepening the understandingof main topics in Japanese studies.
Two classes held per week.
Students will take initiative and study in groups toimprove their vocabulary, grammar and reading skills.

Description

Also,

students

arerequiredtodosummary,

presentation, discussion, and write a report.
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Assignments

20%

Quizzes

30%

Presentation

20%
Final 30%

examination and an interview

Subject Category

2

Subject Title

711

Credit(s)Grammar and Vocabulary 711/

2

Day(s) & Period(s)711Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Mondays 2nd period

Fukushima

Instructor(s)600

For students who have completed level 600 or
possess equivalent Japanese skills. It aims todevelop the

Objectives

students’ vocabulary and grammar

abilities that are necessary to study and research at a
graduate school.
To be able to use the advanced levels’ grammar
and vocabulary properly in the context.
To improve the grammatical skill for correction by yourself.
Studying the advanced levels’ grammar andN1

vocabulary (the last half of JLPT level N1)

Description

Composing sentences, and analyzing it whileconsidering the context
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class Participation

15

Assignments

25

Mid and final examinations 60

Subject Category

2

Subject Title

712
Credit(s)Reading Comprehension 712/

2

Day(s) & Period(s)712Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Fridays 2nd period

Fukuoka

Instructor(s)600

The course is intended for students who havecompleted level 600 or possess equivalent Japaneseskills. It aims to develop the students’ ability to read a

Objectives

wide variety of texts.
Reading of difficult texts, summarizing their arguments
and comprehending the authors’ intensions
Carefully reading and summarizing critical essays,

Description

other essays and novels.
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

20%

Activities in class, 45%

To be announced in classassignments

Final examination

35%

Subject Category

2
Subject Title

1

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)713Credit(s)Listening Comprehension 713/

713

Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Wednesdays 1st period

KumadaThis course is designed for students in advanced level.
Students will enhance their ability to understand andsummarize the contents of the class.

Objectives

1) Audit lectures to comprehend2) Audit lectures to take notes
3) Summarize lectures that you audit
Description

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

To be announced in class40%

Assignments

40%

Examination

20%

Subject Category

2
Subject Title

714
Credit(s)Writing 714/

1

Day(s) & Period(s)714Class Code

Focused Japanese

1

Thursdays 1st period

Ito

Instructor(s)To develop the students’ ability to write papers onsocial topics

Objectives
1. Learning

1.

vocabulary,stylesexpressions

appropriate to academic writing

2.

2. Writing reports and papers with proper structures and

Description

logical development

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

To be announced in class“Japanese for international
college/graduate

andstudents

essay” (published by ALC )4

writing

20%

Assignments

30%

Final report50%Subject Category

2

Subject Title

715

Day(s) & Period(s)11Credit(s)Oral Communication 715/

715Class Code

Focused Japanese

Tuesdays 1st period

Hayashi

Instructor(s)To be able to speak smoothly.
Learn various ways of speaking.
Objectives

Develop an ability to communicate.

Exercise for speaking smoothly
Exercise for speaking effectively
Oral presentation (stating one’s opinion)

Description

Discussions
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

Handouts

To be announced in class50%
Speeches 50%

and discussions

S ubject C ategory

2
S ubject T itle

716
C redit(s)C urrent J apanese S tudies 716/

2

D ay(s) & P eriod(s)716

C lass C ode

F ocused J apanese1

T uesdays 2 nd period

U tsum i

Instructor(s)600

A im ed at students that have com pleted the 600 orequivalent level, learners w ill becom e able to m anage thefollow ing tasks that focus on current new s.

O bjectives

T o be able to fully com prehend the new s and express
one’s opinion.
T o learn the backgro und know ledge to understand a
new s.

T o be able to cultivate a better understanding throughdiscussions or debates.
L earn basic know ledge about J apanese politics andeconom ics
W atch T V new s

D escription

R ead articles in new spapers and m agazines

P articipate in discussions and debates
T extbook(s)S upplem entary M aterials
T o be announced in class

G rading
C lass participation
A ssignm ents
F inal exam ination

20%
40%
40%

Subject Category

Class Code

Focused Japanese

2

Subject Title

718
Credit(s)Business Japanese 718/

1

Thursdays 2nd period2Day(s) & Period(s)F718Toramaru

Instructor(s)600

1

Aimed at students that have completed the 600 orequivalent level, learners will become able to manage
the following tasks that focus on business-level
Japanese:1) To be able to use words and expressions found in abusiness context.
2) To be able to converse in a variety of situations suchas requests, negotiations, etc.
3) To be able to compose business e-mails and write aresume.
4) To be able to discuss Japanese corporate culture andbusiness customs.
1) Learn basic words and expressions22) Practice conversations through roleplay

33) Discuss Japanese corporate culture and business

1
2
3
Objectives
4

Description

customs.

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Business Japanese:
All-in-One

Practical

Exercises

for To be announced in class

Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing

Grading
Class participation

20%

Assignments

50%

Final examination30%

Subject Category

812

Subject Title

Critical Reading 812/

2

Day(s) & Period(s)812Class Code

Focused JapaneseCredit(s)1Fridays 2nd period

Otsu

Instructor(s)To master the skills to critically read texts and toenhance comprehension.
Objectives

In this class, students will experience texts of various
kinds, and practice critically reading them. Also, they
will do in-class activities such as group discussions andpresentations related to the topics of the texts.
Description

Textbook(s)To be announced in class

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation

40%

Assignments

40%

Final examination

20%

Subject Category814

Subject Title

2

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)1Credit(s)Academic Writing 814/

814Class Code

Focused Japanese

Mondays 2nd period

Fukumura
To acquire competence in writing academic reports
and papers.
This course is designed for students with upper

Objectives

advanced Japanese ability.
By using texts, the course teaches students the rules ofwritingacademic

papersandthesis(quotation,summary, etc.). The students are expected to deepen
consideration through discussions, and complete a

Description

paper in the field of their interest.
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

To be announced in class20%

Activities in class and 30%
assignments
Final writing 50%(academicpresentation

paper,

etc)

and

oral

Subject Category

815

Subject Title

Credit(s)Oral Communication 815/

1

Thursdays 2nd period2Day(s) & Period(s)815Class Code

Focused JapaneseFujimori

Instructor(s)Monologue
To be able to give presentations on your research withhighly specialized or topical themes.
To be able to give explanations or statements fluently
to questions, using adequate expressions andvocabulary while considering listeners.
Dialogue
To be able to continue a conversation while speaking
fluently on every topic in every situation.
To be able to convey detailed nuances of words anduse idioms and colloquial expressions.

Objectives

Students will give a study or survey presentations on
ppt

30

a specific subject related to their field of interest or on
topical themes by PPT (for approximately 30 min).

Description

Learn to use Japanese fluently and appropriately
through discussion, debate, drama, and so on.
Textbook(s)Materials given in class

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
30%
Class participation
20%
Assignments
Presentations and 50%
discussions

Subject Category

Class Code

Focused Japanese

816

Subject Title

Current Japanese Studies 816/
Day(s) & Period(s)2Credit(s)F816

1

Tuesdays 2nd period

Hayashi

Instructor(s)Learn about current topics.
Understand the backgrounds of current topics andthink about how those will affect the future events.

Objectives

Watching TV news programs and reading related
articles from newspapers and magazines.
Presentations, discussions and debates.

Description

Textbook(s)Firsthand data and Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be distributed according to topics
in class

Grading
Attendance

50%

Assignments

50%

Subject Category

817

Subject Title

Dramas and Documentaries (Listening Comprehension)/Day(s) & Period(s)2817Class Code

Focused Japanese

817

Credit(s)1Wednesdays 2nd period

Nakamura Noriko

Instructor(s)To acquire comprehensive listening competence forstudies and researches in Japan
Objectives

Listening and understanding a wide variety ofvocabulary and expression, such as specialized terms,
slang, and dialects through watching TV dramas,
documentaries and films.

Description

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials

Grading
Class participation

50%

Final examination50%

Subject Category

818

Subject Title

3

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)1Credit(s)Business Japanese 818

/

F818

Class Code

Focused JapaneseThursdays 3rd period

Ooki
For students in Level 800 or higher, this class isdesigned to learn job hunting methods until they
become employed as well as appropriate language andObjectives

manners so that they are confident in businesssituations.
Students will learn how to respond to the situations that

Description

international students often face. They will also learn
honorific terms frequently used in the business scene.
They will practice entry-sheets, resumes, interviews,
telephone calls, card exchanges, etc.

A quiz will begiven every class.
The contents of Business Japaneseandare different.

You can take one or both classes. If you choose to take
both classes, you can pick which one to take first.
Textbook(s)Handouts

Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Class participation
Quizzes in class
Assignments
Final examination

20%
30%
20%
30%

Subject Category

901

Subject Title

Credit(s)Kanji 901

/

F901

1

Mondays 3rd period3

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Class Code

Focused JapaneseHanazono
N4,N3

300

To study 300 basic letters of Kanji for JLPT level N4,N3 and Methods of Studying Kanji.

Objectives

Quizzes will be given in each class. After checking
letter shapes of Kanji characters, students will do
exercises and receive an explanation on the exercises.

Description

4/4

11:00

1
2015

Textbook(s)

901

902

Supplementary Materials

Note 1: April 4 (Mon.) 11:00- placement test
Students who are taking a Kanji course for the first time
are required to take the test.
Please check the bulletin board on the first floor for thesite of the test.
Note 2: Students who completed 901 in the fallsemester of 2015 may proceed to 902 without taking
the placement test.
Grading

N4“Kanji Master N4” (Ark Academy;
Sanshu-Sha)

To be presented in class.

Grades will be comprehensively decided based on
examination, class participation and quizzes.

Subject Category

902a/ 902b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Kanji 902a/902b/
Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Class Code

Focused Japanese

902a/ 902b
902a

1

Mondays 3rd period

3
Kobayashi

F902a/ F902b

902b

kan
To master Kanji for the first half of JLPT level N3

N3

To be able to read and understand the meaning of
Objectives

words using newly learned Kanji and to be able to write
the Kanji
Preparation of textbook before class
Quizzes in each class to master Kanji

Description

Text books will be instructed in class
4/4

11:00

1
2015

901

Textbook(s)902Supplementary Materials

Note 1: April 4 (Mon.) 11:00- placement test
Students who are taking a Kanji course for the first time
are required to take the test.
Please check the bulletin board on the first floor for thesite of the test.
Note 2: Students who completed 901 in the fallsemester of 2015 may proceed to 902 without taking
the placement test.
Grading

N3
To be announced in class“Kanji Master N3” (Ark Academy;
Sanshu-Sha)

Grades will be comprehensively decided based on
exams, class participation and quizzes.

Subject Category

903a/ 903b

Subject Title

Credit(s)Kanji 903a/903b/
Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Class Code

Focused Japanese

903a/ 903b
903a

3
Kaneko903b

F903a/ F903b

1

Mondays 3rd period
Fukumura

N2

To master Kanji of JLPT level N2

Objectives
Preparation of textbook before class
Quizzes in each class to master Kanji

Description

Text books will be instructed in class
4/4

11:00

1
2015

902

Textbook(s)903

Supplementary Materials

Note 1: April 4 (Mon.) 11:00- placement test
Students who are taking a Kanji course for the first time
are required to take the test.
Please check the bulletin board on the first floor for thesite of the test.
Note 2: Students who completed 902 in the fallsemester of 2015 may proceed to 903 without taking
the placement test.
Grading

N2
To be announced in class“Kanji Master N2” (Ark Academy;
Sanshu-Sha)

Grades will be comprehensively decided based on
exams and class participation.

Subject Category

904

Subject Title

Credit(s)Kanji 904

/

F904

1

Mondays 3rd period3

Day(s) & Period(s)Instructor(s)Class Code

Focused Japanese

Fukushima
N1

To master Kanji of JLPT level N1

Objectives
Preparation of textbook before class
Quizzes in each class to master Kanji

Description

Learning how to write and read Kanji, as well as reading
sample sentences to study how to use the Kanji in words
4/4

Note 1:

11:00

April 4 (Mon.) 11:00- placement test

Students who are taking a Kanji course for the first time are1

required to take the test.

2015

903

904

Please check the bulletin board on the first floor for the site of
the test.
Note 2:

Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials
N1

Students who completed 903 in the fall semester of2015 may proceed to 904 without taking the placement test.
Grading
Class participation

30%

Quizzes10%

To be announced in class“Kanji Master N1” (Ark Academy;
Sanshu-Sha)

Mid and final 60%
examinations

Subject Category

Class Code

Focused Japanese911

Subject Title

Credit(s)Japanese Pronunciation 911/

3

Day(s) & Period(s)

F911

1

Wednesdays 3rd period

Nakamura Noriko

Instructor(s)To master Japanese pronunciation
Objectives

500

For students who have completed level 500 or possess
equivalent Japanese skills

Studying the rhythm, pause, intonation, and accents,
etc. of Japanese
Description
Textbook(s)Supplementary Materials
To be announced in class

Grading
Grades will be comprehensively decided based onclass activities, assignments and presentations.

“Japanese Pronunciation Lessons forCommunication” by Toda Takako (3A
Network)