credits | Hours/Week | Content | ||
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Beginner | Beginning Japanese I A | 2 | 4 | Using the popular Minna no Nihongo textbook, students learn basic sentence patterns and how to communicate in everyday situations. Students also aim to expand their vocabularies and improve their abilities in expression, conversation, and communication. |
Beginning Japanese I B | 2 | 4 | ||
Beginning Japanese II A | 2 | 4 | ||
Beginning Japanese II B | 2 | 4 | ||
Pre-Intermediate Comprehensive Japanese I A | 2 | 4 | Students learn to express themselves in Japanese by discussing their experiences, feelings, and ideas on a variety of everyday topics. They also deepen their understandings of themselves and others by comparing Okinawa’s history and culture to the histories and cultures of their own countries. In addition, they get accustomed to and experience the joy of reading Japanese. | |
Pre-Intermediate Comprehensive Japanese I B | 2 | 4 | ||
Pre-Intermediate Comprehensive Japanese II A | 2 | 4 | ||
Pre-Intermediate Comprehensive Japanese II B | 2 | 4 | ||
Intermediate | Intermediate Japanese Listening Comprehension and Conversation I | 2 | 4 | Students work on their listening and communication skills, while aiming to master honorifics and polite language. They also learn to understand and convey information in Japanese, especially in their daily lives as international students. |
Intermediate Japanese Listening Comprehension and Conversation II | 2 | 4 | ||
Japanese Grammar I | 2 | 4 | Students learn intermediate grammar and expressions. By practicing how to use patterns in various situations, students will familiarize themselves to the grammar that is used in conversation and speech. | |
Japanese Grammar II | 2 | 4 | ||
Advanced Japanese Culture and Society I | 2 | 4 | Students learn about Japanese and Okinawan history, politics, education, culture, performing arts, and sports, and then express their opinions, ask questions, and exchange ideas with their classmates concerning similarities and differences with their own countries. | |
Advanced Japanese Culture and Society II | 2 | 4 | ||
Intermediate Japanese Composition I | 2 | 4 | Students learn how to write logical compositions and essays. They also learn how to organize their essays into paragraphs, how to express supporting or opposing opinions on various topics, and how to summarize arguments and opinions. | |
Intermediate Japanese Composition II | 2 | 4 | ||
Advanced | Japanese Grammar III | 1 | 2 | Students focus on grammar that appears on Levels N1 and N2 of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test in order to acquire the ability to solve various problems that appear on those tests. |
Japanese Grammar IV | 1 | 2 | ||
Japanese Expression I | 1 | 2 | Students learn how to develop their ideas into logical, well-organized essays. While improving their academic skills, students also aim to improve their Japanese language ability. | |
Japanese Expression II | 1 | 2 | ||
Advanced Japanese Seminar I | 2 | 4 | Students improve their overall Japanese skills by reading newspaper articles and graphs on various topics, and then creating outlines and giving presentations to explain the content and to give their opinions. | |
Advanced Japanese Seminar II | 2 | 4 |
First Semester | Second Semester | |
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Course Fee | \92,000 | \92,000 |
Student Insurance Fee | \1,340 | - |
Total Payment | ¥93,340 | ¥92,000 |