2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Japanese Culture 1: Strategic approach to Japanese and culture 4QB
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hilofumi Yamamoto
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- 4QB
- Course Code
- LAJ.T501
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
We will learn Japanese culture areas through language, arts, music, and several plays of children. We will discuss some uniqueness of Japanese culture from the viewpoint of international students. By means of culture study, we will learn the introduction of the Japanese language as well.
Course description and aims
You will find some Japanese cultures which you have not noticed before taking this class. You will be interested in things Japanese. You will acquire the introduction parts of Japanese language knowledge as well through this culture course.
Keywords
Japanese culture, Japanese people, Japanese language, literature, arts, music, food
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Discussion in a small group and presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Learning strategies; The first contact; The purpose of conversation | How do we maximize our learning chances in Japan? Dictation: Week 1 |
| Class 2 | Listening 1; How to catch Japanese words in song lyrics Activity: Natural speech 1 | Acquire some strategic behavior and expressions. Dictation: Week 2 |
| Class 3 | Listening 2: How to catch Japanese words in song lyrics. Activity: Natural Speech 2 | Think the relationship between language and culture. Dictation: Week 3 |
| Class 4 | Video 1: How to catch Japanese words in Movie, Video, or TV. Activity: Natural Speech 3 | Think the Japanese fuod culture. Dictation: Week 4 |
| Class 5 | Video 2: How to catch Japanese words in Movie, Video, or TV. Activity: Natural Speech 4 | Think communicative strategy for culture speech. Dictation: Week 5 |
| Class 6 | Preparation for visiting School: How to convey your message to school children. Activity: Natural Speech 5 | Consider how to organize your own opinions. Dictation: Week 6 |
| Class 7 | Visiting an elementary school.(Ookayama campus)/Japanese culture activities(Suzukakedai campus) | Stating your impressions of Japanese School System. Writing a report of Japanese culture and language acquisition. Dictation: Week 7 |
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.
D4E(Dictation for Every day) is mandatory to practice dictation every day.
Textbook(s)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students must attend all classes. Latecomers will not be allowed to attend class.
All presentations, reports, and visitation activities are required.
No credit will be given for missing any one of the above requirements.
There will be daily short reports and a final report.
Each report must be sufficiently complete to pass the course.
Daily listening comprehension (D4E) assignments are required.
After ensuring that attendance, examinations and assignments, discussions, and presentations are each sufficient, the overall score will be weighted as follows: assignments 20%, examinations 65%, and presentations/discussions 15%.
Related courses
- LAJ.T502 ： Topic Oriented Japanese 52
- LAJ.T502 ： Japanese Culture 2: Strategic approach to Japanese and culture
Prerequisites
Student's language level must be lower than basic or the equivalent level.
Students must speak in English.
Participation in class should be active and cooperative.
Other
You must reserve your seat of this class in advance using the Japanese class online system (http://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web). You will not be allowed to take a seat without your reservation.