GUIDANCE for Japanese Language Learning Subjects: April 2021

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FromLearning JapanesetoLearning in Japanese

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Our policy for teaching Japaneseat Niigata University
Nowadays, it is quite easy to learn some information about a language throughthe Internet. However, it is not that easy to learn and acquire the ability tooutput your ideas and thoughts using that language all by yourself.
Here at Niigata University, all our Japanese language learning courses areaiming at cultivating students’ ability to acquire that. It is true that if people
want to say something in Japanese, they need to have appropriate expressions forthe situation in Japanese and take that out of their brains and say it. What do
you think we need to do to make it possible? Our answer to that question is that
we should get rid of the old language learning style; learning grammar andaccumulating the lexical knowledge.
Have you become a good Japanese user through traditional grammar based studying
yourself? Have you ever questioned yourself asking “Why am I still not able touse Japanese correctly and fluently, after studying it for so long and so hard?”.
Studying grammar surely makes you feel that you really study a lot but you should
realize that you haven’t practiced language much to be able to use it in realsituations. To become a good user of Japanese, you need to practice appropriate
Japanese phrases depending on the situation you actually face.
If you have done some sports earnestly and eagerly, you do understand that at
the beginner’s level, learning correct forms are important and in the end quickest
way to become a good player of that sport.

And you even recognize that thepracticing for learning correct forms is quite boring and tiresome activity. It
is the only way that you will become a good player of that sport through boring,tiresome basic training. In language learning, that basic training is mimicking
and memorizing the model sentences.
Our Japanese learning courses are in 2 main categories, which are; Learning
Japanese Course and Learning in Japanese Course. We also offer Learning in English
Course and Learning about Teaching Japanese Course.
Now, let’s get going and learn Japanese with us and make yourself a betterJapanese user.

-2-Learning Japanese Course〔For MEXT sponsored students only*〕*Exchange students are NOT eligible.

Intensive Japanese 0
10 lessons per week (2 lessons every day in the morning)
All compulsory, not allowed to skip any of the lessons*Students sponsored by MEXT as well as JICA and Niigata Prefecture, who are degree-seeking students at NU areeligible.

〔For Regular Students〕*Exchange students are eligible.

―Lessons for Output in Japanese―《Writing》

Academic Writing in JapaneseⅠ—Ⅳ
Preferred to have JLPT-N1, Must have JLPT-N2
In Academic WritingⅠ—Ⅳ, we are going to make you rewrite your own writings correctly.
We also ask you to transcribe already written good Japanese Essays without making anymistakes.
《Speaking/Oral Communication》

Japanese Step１－６
2 lessons/week (the 1st period on Tuesday and Thursday)
Both compulsory. Students are not allowed to skip either of the lessons.
Japanese Step 1 through 6 focus on reading and reciting the model text. Text
memorization by itself is not good enough; reciting with the right rhythm and tone
is expected.

-3-〔For Regular Students〕*Exchange students are eligible.

―Lessons for Input more Japanese―
JLPT-N1／N2：
日本語能力検定試験対策講座

Japanese Reading Comprehension：
Read a lot of writings and essays.

JLPT-N2 or more is preferred.

Lecture on Japanese Grammar in English／Chinese：
One way lecture on Japanese Grammar in English/Chinese.

Learning in Japanese Course
Cross Cultural Learning A／B／C
Active Learning A／B／C
Studies of Multicultural Societies
Intercultural Collaborative Learning A／B

Be sure to check syllabus
on the website:
https://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/academics/syllabus/

Learning in English Course
What is Japan

Learning Teaching Japanese Course
Introduction to Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language for Future Teachers
Teaching JapaneseⅠ－A
Teaching JapaneseⅠ－B
Teaching JapaneseⅡ

There will be no placement test in all the courses introduced in this guidanceleaflet.
To find out your level see this 👇 JLPT’s website.
https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/levelsummary.html
All the classes are designed for Full-time Degree-seeking Undergraduate Students
and Non Degree-seeking Undergraduate Exchange Students from Partner Universities.
Therefore other students including Graduate Students are accepted only when thereis vacancy in the class.
Because of the current irregular situation, Research Students who already arrived
in Japan and have started studying in Niigata are also accepted in either ofJapanese Step１－６ each term, when there is vacancy in the class.
Privately funded research students and people with no student status are notallowed in the class.

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IMPORTANT!
１． All the lessons will be held ON-LINE synchronously.
You need a Desktop PC, Tablet PC, Laptop PC, or Smartphone.
⇒ Web camera and microphone must be installed on your PC.
⇒ Tablet or Smartphone users must have downloaded Zoom application before lessons.
※ Zoom will be used for the lessons.

２． Buy Textbooks
Check if the course requires a textbook on Page 6.
How to Order:⇒ Download the Textbook Order Form
⇒ Fill it out and send it to the shop via E-mail.
* Students who are not in Japan should ask the shop how to pay.
⇒ Receive E-mail from the shop
⇒ Pay by credit card (VISA/MASTER) or in cash at the time of delivery.
* Students who are not in Japan can pay by credit card (VISA/MASTER) only.
⇒ Textbooks will be delivered.

３． Subject Registration must be done through Student Portal
Site (Web System)
Registration period starts from April 1, 2021.
(Student Portal Site will be unavailable between April, 2 at 17:30 and April 4 at 23：59 for maintenance)

Deadline for 1st - term Courses: One day ahead of the day of the first lesson.
Deadline for 2nd - term Courses: April 13, 2021
《Procedures》
Step 1 Log in to Niigata University Student Portal Site.
Step 2 Register your subjects you would like to take.
Step 3 Receive E-mail from the lecturer.
Step 4 Join the lessons as instructed.
※ If you do not receive E-mail from the lecturer(s), you are not registered.

Install Zoom

Student Portal Site-5-Comprehensive List of Courses in Japanese language and studies for Spring Semester◆『Textbook required』･･･Order a textbook by email using the order form. In some courses, students may be asked to buy
a textbook after the beginning of the term.
◆ Some subjects are scheduled to be conducted face-to-face in a classroom in the 2nd Term. However, the first session will
be conducted remotely using ZOOM. Don't go to a classroom on the first session even in these subjects.

【1st and 2nd terms】 ※Register courses by one day ahead of the day of the first session.
ClassNumberCourse Title

Face-to-faceinstruction
1stterm 2ndterm

CreditTerm

Day・Period

Instructor

Textbookrequired〇××210G4019

JLPT-N1 A

11,2

Mon１

HIROKAWA Satoshi

210G4020

JLPT-N2 A

11,2

Mon１

SASAKI Kaori〇××210G4026

Academic Writing in Japanese Ⅰ

11,2

Mon１

HARAGUCHI Kozue

TBA

×●210G4027

Academic Writing in Japanese Ⅱ

1

1,2

Mon２

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇×●

210G4028

Academic Writing in Japanese Ⅲ

1

1,2

Wed３

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇×●

210G4029

Academic Writing in Japanese Ⅳ

11,2

Wed４

WAKUI Yuuko

TBA

×●210G4030

Japanese Reading Comprehension11,2Mon３

YING Jun〇××210G4031

Science and Technology in Japan Ａ
Intercultural Collaborative Learning A: Business Communication in

2

1,2Wed３

KOBAYASHI Kenta××21,2Thu３

MENG Yun×●21,2Mon３

MENG Yun×●210G3249
210G3250a Globalized WorldIntercultural Collaborative Learning A: Cross Cultural
Understanding through the Collaborative Learning with International Students【1st term】 ※Register courses by one day ahead of the day of the first session.
ClassNumber

Course Title

Instructor

TextbookrequiredFace-to-face
instruction
1stterm 2ndterm

CreditTerm

Day・Period

Wed２

IKEDA Ruth〇×211G4001

Lecture on Japanese Grammar in English a1

1211G4002

Lecture on Japanese Grammar in Chinese a11Fri２

YING Jun〇×211G4004

Learning Japanese Step1

11

Tue１Thu１

IKEDA Hideki〇×211G4005

Learning Japanese Step2

11

Tue１・Thu１

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇×211G4006

Learning Japanese Step311

Tue１・Thu１

ARITA Kayoko〇×211G4007

Learning Japanese Step411

Tue１・Thu１

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇×211G4008

Learning Japanese Step5

11

Tue１・Thu１

SASAKI Kaori〇×211G4009

Learning Japanese Step611

Tue１・Thu１

IKEDA Hideki〇×211G3215

Active Learning A: Unique Japanese Cultures

11Wed１

IKEDA Ruth

×211G3216

Active Learning C: Globalization and anti- globalization

11Mon３ADACHI Yuuko

×211G3217

What is Japan

11Thu３

IKEDA Ruth

×211G3222

Cross Cultural Learning A

11Mon５HIROKAWA Satoshi

×

211G3223

Cross Cultural Learning B

11Tue５

ARITA Kayoko

×211G3224

Cross Cultural Learning C

11Fri１SEMBIRING Ai×

CreditTerm

Day・Period【2nd term】※Register courses by April 13.
Class
NumberCourse Title

Instructor

TextbookrequiredFace-to-face
instruction
1stterm 2ndterm

212G4010Lecture on Japanese Grammar in English ｂ12

Wed２

IKEDA Ruth

〇×212G4011

Lecture on Japanese Grammar in Chinese ｂ12Fri２

YING Jun〇

×212G4013

Learning Japanese Step1

12

Tue１・Thu１

IKEDA Hideki〇●212G4014

Learning Japanese Step2

12

Tue１・Thu１

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇●212G4015

Learning Japanese Step3

12

Tue１・Thu１

ARITA Kayoko〇●212G4016

Learning Japanese Step4

12

Tue１・Thu１

HIROKAWA Satoshi〇●212G4017

Learning Japanese Step5

12

Tue１・Thu１

SASAKI Kaori〇●212G4018

Learning Japanese Step6

12

Tue１・Thu１

IKEDA Hideki〇●212G3225

Active Learning A: Unique Japanese Cultures

12Wed１

IKEDA Ruth

●212G3226

Active Learning B: Japan as A Country Producing Something Perfect

12Wed１

IKEDA Hideki●212G3227

What is Japan

12Thu３

IKEDA Ruth

×212G3234

Cross Cultural Learning A

12Mon５HIROKAWA Satoshi●212G3235

Cross Cultural Learning C

12Fri１SEMBIRING Ai●-6-