2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Japanese 7 GSEP
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Yukari Yoshizawa
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- GSEP
- Course Code
- LAJ.J203
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This class aims for the students to acquire a higher level of Japanese competence. Specifically, the students are requested to prepare the seminar on a scientist who had an impact on you.
Course description and aims
The following basic skills can be acquired after this class: 1) how to manage and arrange various kinds of documents and material about a theme, 2) selective competence of the use of suitable expressions for your seminar, and 3) the timing to use proper strategies to manage your audience.
Keywords
seminar, preparation, strategy, expression, Japanese culture.
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students will learn basic exercises and discuss them. Based on a theme which you select, you will prepare the materials for your seminar.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance | Describe what a seminar is. |
| Class 2 | Pick up a scientist who affects your life. | Briefly explain a theory by a scientist whom you have chosen. |
| Class 3 | Make your points clear, and prepare for your seminar. | Learn what kinds of speech style you should use in a seminar. |
| Class 4 | Seminar 1 | Make some comments on the presentions. |
| Class 5 | Seminar 2 | Make some comments on the presentations. |
| Class 6 | Seminar 3 | Make some comments on the presentations. |
| Class 7 | Feedback. | Read comments and discuss how to improve your seminar. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials will be provided during the class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
After ensuring that attendance, examinations and assignments, discussions, and presentations are each sufficient, the overall score will be graded with a weighting of 20% for assignments, 65% for examinations, and 15% for presentations/discussions.
Related courses
- LAJ.J204 ： Japanese 4B
Prerequisites
Only the second year international student can take this course.
Other
GSEP students must choose a class number for GSEP students.