Course Description

This course is for international students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitude about study objective 1, 2, 3 of general basic subjects. Learn comprehensively about how to create sentences for writing reports and thesis at university and acquire the ability to create academic writing in Japanese. In detail, create the writing that summarizes and explains what can be read from various materials shown in the lesson, and create the writing of describing your opinion on the content of the document. Learn how to create the report through exercises and complete survey report via home learning.

Course Objectives

Based on the foundation learned in "Writing expression method 1 ", students acquire the ability to create academic writing with applied elements of explanatory texts and editorials. Furthermore, you will understand the format of the report, the summary of the materials, the explanation of the graph, and actually create a survey report.

Grading Policy

Your overall grade in the class will be decided based on the following:
- Submissions in lectures such as composition and worksheets:20%
- Homework (to return and explain):20%
- Period-end report:60%
Regular exams are not conducted.
To pass, students must earn at least 60 points out of 100.

Textbook and Reference

Requirements(Assignments)

Preparation:Look through textbooks,and to make a summary about vocabulary and expressions which
you couldn't understood.And to answer the questions in the textbook(60 minutes). I'll check your
notebook the beginning of next class.
Review:Check again the contents that you couldn't understood in the lessons(30 minutes). I'll check your
understanding by some mini test.

Note

1. This course has two lessons each week. We mainly handle "listening/speaking" contents at odd number of lessons, "reading/writing" contents at even number of lessons. Please do not be absent from any lesson.
2. Writing materials are limited to pencils and mechanical pencils.
3. We will allow you to use smartphones, etc. during the lesson, only to search and confirm Internet information on tasks to be written in the lesson, to examine kanji.
4. Since this course is designed according to the level of Japanese ability of the participants, the course plans and textbooks may be changed depending on classes according to the circumstances.This course may use LMS.
5. In the latter term, we plan regional exchange (exchange meeting with primary school students) for one time. We will do advance preparation work for this regional exchange several times in the classes.
6. For students in Information Science Course of Information Science Course, this course will be compatible with the compulsory subjects of JABEE compliant programs, learning and educational goals under item 2-1.

Schedule