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OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
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| 99f-7 |
TECHNICAL JAPANESE: Part I |
| Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center and Graduate School of Engineering)
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Objective
The International Student Center will offer a "Technical Japanese Program" to overseas students who have studied basic science or engineering and expect to acquire a proficiency in and a knowledge of technical Japanese. 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 "Topics in Science and Technology" which mainly concern "Energy".
The course is designed for students who have taken two-year college level instruction in the Japanese language or equivalent. These lectures will be mostly conducted in Japanese.
Textbook
There is no assigned textbook. Various materials will be distributed in class.
Lecture Outline
"Technical Japanese Part I" is scheduled for 15 weeks (90 mins / week). The study components are:
- (1) To acquire basic knowledge on technical Japanese
(Practice for understanding of basic technical words)
- (2) To read and comprehend Japanese literature
(Understanding of current topics in science and technology)
- (3) To understand the scientific and technological background of Japan through short-visit-program study
(Training in communication with scientists and engineers in industry and research settings)
Visits to research institutes and companies as field trips are planned. Through these visits, students can apply their acquired technical knowledge as well as Japanese skills in practical situations. In the classroom, each experience is 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% |