| OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _ |
Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center and Graduate School of Engineering)
Objective
The International Student Center will offer a “Technical Japanese
Program” to overseas students who expect to acquire a proficiency in and
knowledge of technical Japanese. The Technical Japanese A course is especially
intended for students who have studied basic science or engineering. The objective
of this course is to equip students with the basic skills required for reading
technical papers written in Japanese and for communicating with scientists and
engineers in Japanese research and industrial settings.
The topic of this course will be “Current Science Topics in Japan”
which mainly concerns “Energy”.
The course is designed for students who have taken Japanese instruction to at
least the second year college level. These lectures will be mostly conducted
in plain and simple Japanese.
We would like to encourage all students of intermediate and advanced level Japanese,
to join either the Technical Japanese A or Technical Japanese B course.
Textbook
There is no assigned textbook. Various materials will be distributed in class.
Lecture Outline
This course is scheduled for 15 weeks (90 min. / week). The study components
are designed with the following goals in mind.
(1) To acquire a basic knowledge of technical Japanese
(Practice for understanding basic technical words)
(2) To read and comprehend Japanese literature
(To gain an understanding of current topics in science and technology)
(3) To understand the scientific and technological background of Japan through
short-visit-program studies
(Training in communication with scientists and engineers in industry and research
settings)
Visits to research institutes and companies on field trips are planned. During
these visits, students can apply their acquired technical knowledge as well
as Japanese skills in practical situations. In the classroom, experiences on
trips are reviewed by making oral presentations, holding discussions in Japanese
and preparing reports using a Japanese word-processor.
Grading
Participation in class 20%
Assignments 30%
Final written examination 30%
Final oral examination 20%
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