Center for Japanese Language

Japanese Course for

International Student

2015 spring
Available Seats List
semester at 3rd Registration

Number of Available Seats

Closed

My perspective on Japan 3-4

Closed

Reading for Subjects in Our Society: Family,

University Life, Safety and Global Environment 5-6

01:Mon.2

Number of Available Seats

Closed

Honorific Expression for Communication 5

Closed

Business Japanese for beginner 1

Closed

Studying Japanese through Everyday Life Scene1

Closed

"Keigo" Communication 3

Closed

Contemporary Japanese through Cinema and News 6

Closed

Comprehensive Japanese (on demand) 1(1)

Closed

Practical Pronunciation and Grammar 3-4

Closed

Enjoy Short Novels: Reading, Listening & Watching

Videos 4-5

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.4

01:Mon.2

Closed

Reading Comprehension Skills for Intermediate and

Advanced Learners 6
01:Mon.2

Closed

Empathetic conversation 4-5

Closed

Reading J-Society and J-Culture for Vocabulary

Acquisition 1-2

Closed

Japanese Newspaper Reading 6-7

Closed

Comprehensive Japanese (Short-term) 1

Closed

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3-4@02:Tues.3-4@03:Wed.3-4@04:Thur.34@05:Fri.3-4

Comprehensive Japanese (Short-term) 2

01:Mon.3-4@02:Tues.3-4@03:Wed.3-4@04:Thur.34@05:Fri.3-4

Closed

Learning Japanese through Current News Topics 57

01:Tues.5

Closed

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 7(1)

Closed

Think and Speak: Japanese Conversation 1-2

Closed

Pronunciation practice for communication 5-6

01:Mon.4

Analyzing Japan and Japanese Language based on

the Seasons 3-4

Closed

Japanese Traditional Culture and Pop Culture 6-8

Closed

Learning Japanese through Blogging 2

Closed

Case Method: Learn to find & solve problems and

improve presenting skills 3-4

Technological Japanese: Basic Grammar and

Scientific Terms 2-3

Closed
Closed

Introduction to Logical Writing in Japanese for

Intermediate Students 3-4

01:Mon.4

01:Mon.5

Logical Writing: Let's Write Essays in Japanese with

Volunteers 4-5
01:Mon.5

Closed

01:Tues.5

Reading Japanese Short Stories 4-5

Communication at Workplace 2

Closed

01:Tues.5@02:Fri.5

Closed

01:Mon.4

Closed

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.5

Smooth communication prompted by sharing one's

feelings 3-4
01:Mon.4

Closed

01:Tues.4

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3

Closed

01:Tues.4

Japanese for 'Zero' Beginners

01:Mon.5@02:Tues.5@03:Wed.5@04:Thur.5@05:Fri.5

Closed

Comprehensive Japanese 1

Closed

Comprehensive Japanese 2

Closed

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 6(2)

Closed

Communication at Workplace 3

Closed

Music of Japan: from nursery rhymes to lieder 4-8

Closed

Learning Japanese through Trip 2-3

Closed

Kanji in the Contemporary World 6-8

01:Tues.1-2@02:Thur.1-2@03:Sat.1

01:Tues.1-2@02:Thur.1-2@03:Sat.1

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.5

01:Wed.2

01:Wed.2

01:Wed.2

01:Wed.2

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.3

Closed

Business communication 7-8

Closed

The Falk Tale and The Fairy-tale 5-6

Closed

Appropriate expressions for various situations 2-3

Closed

Formal and Informal Expressions in Spoken

Japanese - Learn from Dialogues - 3-4

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.4
01:Tues.2

01:Tues.3

Closed

Communication at workplace 4

Closed

Refining your Japanese pronunciation with ondoku &

shadowing training 6-8

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.4

01:Tues.3

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Number of Available Seats

Closed

Reading Comprehension Skills for Intermediate and

Advanced Learners 5

Number of Available Seats

Closed

Practical Pronunciation and Grammar 2-3

Closed

Effective Speaking & Writing 4-5

01:Fri.3

01:Wed.4

Closed

Planning and development of new product 4-5

Closed

Kanji 4

Closed

Expressions and Mechanics for Academic Writing :

from personal statement to term papers 7-8

01:Wed.5

Kanji (For Native Kanji Learners) 1

Selected Topics in Japanese Grammar 4-5

10

Oral Communication Practice: Speech and

Discussion 6

01:Thur.1

01:Thur.1

Closed

Basic Report Writing 5-6

Closed

Learning Loan Words in Japanese 3-4

21

01:Thur.2

Kanji learning through the media 5-6

Closed

Looking at Japanese society & language through

motion pictures 6-8

01:Mon.1

01:Mon.1

01:Mon.1

01:Thur.1

Closed

01:Fri.4

Listen and Reconstruct Japanese Speeches: Dealing

with Inaudible Parts 7
01:Mon.1

01:Thur.2

Comprehensive Japanese 3

19

Comprehensive Japanese 4

01:Mon.1-2@02:Wed.1-2@03:Sat.2

01:Mon.1-2@02:Wed.1-2@03:Sat.2

01:Thur.2

Closed

Useful knowledge for Advanced "Kanji" Learners 7-8

Closed

Learning Loan Words in Japanese 5-6

Closed

How to Improve Your Japanese Sentences 6-8

Closed

History of Japan 7-8

Closed

Drama Writing & Performing 2-5

Kanji (For Nonnative Kanji Learners) 1

Selected Topics in Japanese Grammar 3

Japanese idioms 5-7

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 7(2)

01:Thur.3

01:Thur.4

01:Thur.4

01:Thur.5

27

01:Thur.5

Closed

Communicative Writing in Japanese 6-7

Closed

Kanji (For Nonnative Kanji Learners) 2

01:Mon.2

01:Mon.2

01:Mon.2

01:Mon.2

Useful Pronunciation for Presentations: Acquisition

by Science and Technological Students 7-8
01:Mon.2

01:Fri.1

Let's Study Traditional Japanese Culture:

Knowledge Acquisition 4-8
01:Mon.2

Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed

01:Fri.2

Kanji (For Native Kanji Learners) 2

01:Fri.2

Improving written expressions 6-7

01:Fri.2

Refining Skillful Listening for Communication 7

01:Fri.2

Traveling and planning a day trip 2-3

01:Fri.3

Talking and Writing about my favorite things 3-4

01:Fri.3

Picturebook and words 3-5

01:Fri.3

Closed

Analyzing Japan through Public Advertisement 5-8

Closed

Think and Speak: Japanese Conversation 1

01:Fri.3

Reading Modern Short Novels 3

Vocabulary Building 5-6

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3

10

Analyzing the Activity of Working 4-5

10

Conversation through Role Plays 5

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3

Writing Correspondence: Letters and E-mails 5-7

Japanese culture: read & discuss 3-4

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3

11

Reading & Comprehension: Topics in Economics 7-8

13

Let's Enjoy and Compose Poetry: "haiku" & "tanka"

5-6

01:Mon.3

01:Mon.3

01:Fri.3

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Number of Available Seats

Comprehensive Japanese (Short-term) 3

Comprehensive Japanese (Short-term) 4

12

Number of Available Seats

01:Mon.3-4@02:Tues.3-4@03:Wed.3-4@04:Thur.34@05:Fri.3-4
01:Mon.3-4@02:Tues.3-4@03:Wed.3-4@04:Thur.34@05:Fri.3-4

Presentations about life in Tokyo 4

01:Mon.4

Speak & Write: Using the Basic Grammar 3

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 4(1)

Comprehensive Japanese 5

10

Trendy Words and Japanese Society 3-4

1
16

01:Mon.4

Discourse Grammar in Japanese 5-6

20

Advancing from Conversation to Speeches 5-6

17

Non-Verbal Communication 5-6

01:Tues.1-2@02:Wed.1-2@03:Thur.1-2@04:Fri.1-2@05:Sat.12

22

01:Mon.4

18

Intensive Japanese 1-2

01:Tues.2@02:Fri.1-2

01:Tues.2

Learning Japanese through Newspaper Reading 3-5

01:Tues.2

Understanding Japanese Society: Watching,

Summarization and Telling 4-5
01:Tues.2

01:Mon.4

29

01:Mon.4

Introduction to Academic Writing4-6

01:Tues.2

Let's enjoy and compose Haiku and Tanka (with

spring and summer season word) 7-8
01:Tues.2

01:Mon.4

Learning Japanese for Job Hunting 7-8

01:Mon.4

17

Extensive Reading 7-8

15

Reading novels for the contemporary young 7-8

10
6

01:Mon.4

01:Mon.4

Logical Writing: Let's Write Reports in Japanese 6-8

01:Mon.4

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 4(2)

Extensive Reading 5-6

14

Newspaper Reading 8

15
4

10
1
21
9

Honorific Expression for Communication 1-2

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

10

Conversation Practice: Talking about Yourself 3-4

16

Let's Speak Japanese: Role Playing 4-5

30

Sales Pitch 6-8

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

Enjoying Life, Culture & Seasonal Events in Japan 23

01:Tues.2

01:Mon.5

Let's Study Traditional Japanese Culture: Practicing

5-8
01:Tues.2

01:Mon.5

Comprehensive Japanese 6
01:Tues.1@02:Fri.1-2

Japanese Academic Writing for Intermediate

Learners 4-5
01:Tues.1

15

Learning Onomatopoeia 7-8

01:Mon.5

11

Job Hunting in Japanese: Research and Analysis 7-8

01:Tues.2

28

Mystery solving in short stories 4-5

16

Explore the Essence of Japanese Classic Novels 56

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 8(2)

01:Tues.1

21

How to Write a Paper and Thesis 7

20

Understanding Lecture and Note Taking: Skill and

Strategy Development 7-8

Expressing Your Opinion: Speaking & Writing 5-6

01:Tues.1

Reading picture books 3-4

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.1

Analyzing Modern Literature 7-8

23

Summarization training 8

14

First Lessons in Japanese Starting from Hiragana 1

01:Tues.1

Understanding Lecture and Note Taking: Skill and

Strategy Development 5-6
01:Tues.1

3/7

01:Tues.2

01:Tues.3

"Business Keigo" Communication 3-4

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2015 spring
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semester at 3rd Registration

Number of Available Seats

20

Speech Clinic for Improving Interactive Thinking 4-5

Discussion: Japanese "Anime" in Japanese 5-6

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 3(2)

01:Tues.3

17

Number of Available Seats

20

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.3

The World of "Katakana" 3-4

01:Tues.3

Building a Practical Vocabulary 5-6

01:Tues.3

Tips for Conversation in Japanese 3

01:Tues.4

Think about Multicultural Communication 6-8

01:Tues.4

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 5(1)

01:Tues.4

29

Read some Papers on Japanese Linguistics 8

17

Express your feelings using beginner-level Japanese

1

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

11
13
1
20

Survival Japanese 1
Talking about Yourself in Society 2
Let's Enjoy Talking 2-3

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.3

24

Communicative Pronunciation 6

01:Tues.3

19
2

Japanese Cultural Tourism 4-8

Familiarizing with Contemporary Japan and People
through Reading 7-8
Reading and Discussion: Issues on Today's Society
and Working Environment 5-6
Learning Japanese through Current News Topics 78
01:Tues.3

24
19
27
30
13
22
28

Topic Discussion 5-6

01:Tues.4

Taigu-Communication: on the Use of Polite and

Non-Polite Forms 5-6
Communication at Workplace 6
01:Tues.4

Learning Japanese through "Divecussion":

Discussion and Debate 7-8
Let's Study Traditional Japanese Culture: Practicing
4
01:Tues.4

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.3

19

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.3

22

Learning Japanese through Food 2-3

01:Tues.4

"Keigo" Communication 4

28

16

01:Tues.3

Communication at Workplace 5

01:Tues.3

Learning to appreciate literature with all senses 5-6

17

Learning about the career of your choice 5-6

20

Film Analysis: Movies of Jyuzoh Itami 7-8

27

Explore the Essence of Japanese Classic Novels 7-8

20

Drama reciting 6-8

01:Tues.3

Read Japanese Novels and Poems 8

01:Tues.3

Story-making through daily life 3-4

01:Tues.3

Writing Your Own History 5-8

01:Tues.3

Japanese pronunciation 5-6

01:Tues.3

Summarization training 6-7

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

Summarization training 4-5

01:Tues.4

24

Improving Academic Speaking Skills 6-7

27

Pronunciation for oral presentation 7

31

Basic Report Writing 7-8

26

Oral Presentation: Thematic 8

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.4

01:Tues.3

Let's use onomatopoeia 3

Improving Academic Literacy with "Nihon-noronten" 7-8

Learning Contemporary Japanese through

Cinema,Drama and News 4-5

01:Tues.3

01:Tues.5

01:Tues.5

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2015 spring
Available Seats List
semester at 3rd Registration

Number of Available Seats

Number of Available Seats

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 5(2)

01:Tues.5

12

Reading and Discussion: People at Work 3-4

16

Listening comprehension: Improving Accuracy in

News Listening 6-7

10

01:Tues.5

Appropriate expressions for various situations 1-2

01:Wed.3

Conveying Thinking in Japanese Writing 4

01:Wed.3

Advertisement and Commercials 7-8

01:Wed.3

01:Tues.6

16

Speak and Write! About my life in Japanese 1

12

Listening Comprehension: Radio News, Note-taking,

and Summarization Exercises 6

27

01:Wed.1

Write Your Own History 6

Interaction between you and me in Japanese 2

Strategic Reading for Advanced Level Texts 6

Honorific Expression for Communication 2-3

Learning Japanese through TV animations 4-5

01:Wed.1-2@02:Fri.2

Explaining My life's Journey in Japanese 1

16

Academic debate: Learn to logical thinking and

improve presenting skills 3-4

01:Wed.1-2@02:Fri.2

18

Reading Essays on Japanese Language and Culture

4-5
Write an essey including Photographs about the
Experience and Meaning of Studying Abroad 5
01:Wed.2

18

26

Strategies for Academic Listening 7-8

Focusing on Japanese Pronunciation 2

Exploring Tokyo in Japanese 5-6

16
4
20

Create a portfolio in Japanese 4-8

12

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.4

Learning Japanese: Reading Out Loud 5-8

01:Wed.4

Self-Analysis: - to Support Your Career Choice- 56

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.2

25

Watching News : Media Literacy 7-8

23

Basic Research Writing Seminar 7-8

Japanese culture: read & discuss 1-2

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.2
01:Wed.5

01:Wed.2
01:Wed.5

01:Wed.2

10

My Waseda Experience 3-5

01:Wed.3

Learning Creative Writing 5-6

20

Learning Japanese through Current Affairs 7-8

11

Reading Japanese Children's Literature 1-2

21

Life Story Interview 3-4

01:Wed.3

Discussion: the documentary programs in Japanese

5-6
Case Method: Learn to find & solve problems and
improve presenting skills 5-7
01:Wed.3

29

Life Story Interview to a Working Person 6-8

24

Global Issues in Japanese 7-8

Aural-Oral: Practicing Daily Conversation and Usage

1
01:Thur.1

01:Wed.3

17

Introduction to Writing Research Papers :

Expressions and Logical Thinking 7-8

26

01:Wed.2

Watching and Summarizing DVD 7

01:Wed.4

Learning Japanese through Blogging 3

Let's Develop Debating Skills 7-8

21

01:Wed.4

12

01:Wed.2

27

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.4

01:Wed.2

Learning katakana & pronunciation through the news

media 4-6

01:Wed.1-2@02:Fri.2

26

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.3

01:Wed.1

27

Media Production Project 7-8

01:Wed.3

10

01:Thur.1

01:Thur.1

01:Thur.1-2@02:Fri.2

Kanji 5
01:Thur.2

Becoming an Expert on Japanese Culture through

Fieldwork 4-5
01:Thur.2

01:Wed.3

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semester at 3rd Registration

Number of Available Seats

Number of Available Seats

The mind of Japanese Expression and

Communication: for Mutual Understanding 3-4

20

Thinking the World in Japanese 6-8

01:Thur.4

01:Thur.2

Pronunciation: Speaking with Fluency 3-4

01:Thur.2

Trendy Words and Japanese Society 6-8

Learning Japanese from TV dramas 6-7

01:Thur.4

01:Thur.2

01:Thur.2

25

Analyzing Japan through "Manga" & "Anime" 7-8

15

Introduction to Japanese classics using textbooks

written by modern Japanese 7-8

Learning Japanese through Films - Think and

Discuss What a Film Appeals to Us - 5

01:Thur.2

Reading at Your Own Pace and Style 2-3

Think and Speak about Kanji 1-2

Pronunciation, rhythm, accent, and intonation of the

Japanese language 3-4

01:Thur.4

01:Thur.5

01:Thur.5

Introduction to Modern Literature 5-6

Drama Project 5-8

Kanji 3

01:Thur.2

21

Personal History: From the Past to the Future 1-2

Describing Memories through Photographs & Words

2-3

01:Thur.2

01:Thur.5

01:Thur.5-6@02:Fri.4

01:Fri.1

01:Thur.2

9
5

30

Reading Drama 4-7

01:Thur.3

Learning Issues in Global Society and Myself

through Case Studies 7-8
01:Fri.2

Developing communication skills for work and study

5-8

"Kanji" Encountered in Town 3-4

01:Fri.2

01:Thur.3

3
17

How to Improve Your Japanese Sentences 4-5

12

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 8(1)

22

Reading and Discussion: Newspaper and Magazine

Articles 7

01:Thur.3

A close look at the evolution of the Japanese

language 6-8

01:Fri.2

01:Thur.3

20

Communicative Pronunciation 5
01:Thur.3

24

Describe yourself in Japanese 5-6

21

The mind of Japanese Expression and

Communication: for Mutual Understanding 7-8

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 6(1)

17

23

Learning Japanese through Films - Think and

Discuss What a Film Appeals to Us - 6
Let's Read Japanese Old Tales 5-6

01:Fri.3

Oral Presentation and Discussion 4-5

01:Fri.3

Peer Learning for Research Planning 6-8

29

Bibliobattle 6-8

13

Global Issues: Thinking in Japanese 5-6

16

Reading Articles about Working 7

Kanji Encountered in the Town 3

01:Thur.3

01:Thur.4

24

Aural-Oral: Practicing Daily Conversation and Usage

2

01:Fri.3

Summarizing for reporting purposes 5-6

01:Thur.3

Learning International Relations in Japanese 7-8

Improving Skillful Listening for Communication 5

25

01:Thur.3

24

01:Fri.3

01:Thur.3

01:Thur.3

01:Fri.3

Japanese Sentence Patterns for Communication 3(1)

01:Thur.3

Leaning Media Literacy in Japanese 5

Speak and Write about My Encounter in Japan 3-4

01:Thur.3

23

01:Fri.2

01:Fri.3

01:Fri.3

01:Fri.3

01:Fri.4

Comparing newspapers and history textbooks in

your country and Japan 6-8
01:Fri.4

01:Thur.4

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semester at 3rd Registration

Number of Available Seats

13
5
21

Number of Available Seats

Japanese Words not Found in the Dictionary 7-8

01:Fri.4

Analyzing "Cool Japan" 6-8

01:Fri.4

Workshop: Making Drama in Japanese 5-8

01:Fri.5

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