Details of Japanese Language Courses

International Student Center offers the following three types of Japanese language Course for exchange students:

INTENSIVE COURSE (7-15 periods / classes per week)
for beginners / pre-intermediate / intermediate / pre-advanced learners
STANDARD COURSE (3-6 periods / classes per week)
for beginners / pre-intermediate / intermediate learners
JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES COURSE (Only from Oct.)
one-year program for those who are majoring in the Japanese Language and Culture at their home universities
JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND STUDIES COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATES
for advanced learners

The outlines about each Japanese Course are below:

1. INTENSIVE COURSE (Classes from Monday to Friday)

Class A (for Beginners)

This is a 15-week intensive Japanese language course to learn various aspects of basic grammar and daily expressions, necessary for your life and study in Japan. We will focus on basic Japanese grammar and conversation skills. (1 class = 90 minutes)

1st period 8:50 - 10:20	2nd period 10:30 - 12:00
3rd period 12:50 - 14:20	4th period 14:30 - 16:00

* You must attend all classes from Monday to Friday. (15 classes per week)

Class :

Japanese Grammar (9 classes)
Oral Communication & Practice (3 classes)
Listening Comprehension(1 class)
Composition(1 class)
Word-processing and IT skills in Japanese?(1 class)

Class B (for pre-intermediate-level students)
Class C (for intermediate-level students)
Class D (for pre-advanced-level students)

This is a 15-week intensive Japanese language course to learn grammar and useful expressions.
You must attend the following classes 5 days a week for 15 weeks. (1 class = 90 minutes)
The levels are based on the result of placement test.

Class :

Japanese Grammar (5 classes for B&C class, 4 classes for D class)
* You must attend all Grammar classes at the first period (8:50-10:20).
Conversation & Speech, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Composition, and Japanese Culture.

2. STANDARD COURSE

This course is designed to accommodates all international students studying in Gifu University.

1) GRAMMAR CLASS

In this course, students learn Japanese grammar and acquire proficiency in Japanese. The General Course includes:

a) Beginner & Elementary level classes (4 classes per week)
b) Intermediate level classes (3 classes per week)

The duration of each class is 90 minutes. The levels are based on the result of placement test.

2) LANGUAGE SKILL CLASS

Oral practice IB & Listening Comprehension:
This class is intended for elementary level students.

Japanese for Academic Purposes:
This class is intended for intermediate to advanced level students. The purpose is to improve the students' language skills in relation to academic matters, such as reading specialized texts and papers, writing academic essays, understanding lectures and making seminar presentations.

Notes:
1. Students can attend both courses (GRAMMAR CLASS and LANGUAGE SKILL CLASS) if they wish.

3. JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES COURSE (Only from Oct.)

This is a one-year program for those who are majoring in the Japanese Language and Culture at their home universities.
The course starts only in October, and successful applicants must fulfill the following qualifications.

Qualifications for admittance into the course:

The students must have completed the major of Japanese language and culture for at least two years at their home universities by the time of arrival.
The students must have passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2.
The students must resume their study of major in Japanese language and culture at their home universities upon their return from Japan. This means those students in their final year expecting to graduate while in Japan are not qualified for this program and scholarships.
A letter of recommendation from the applicants' supervisor must be accompanied with the students' application form for this course. The recommendation letter must specify about the major of the applicant and the level of his/her Japanese proficiency, if a copy of the result of the Japanese Proficiency Language Test is not attached.

4. JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND STUDIES COUESES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (University-wide Core Curriculum)

The following are advanced Japanese language and Japanese studies courses for (degree-seeking) international students studying in a particular faculty or school. Students will receive advanced level training with the following aims: to acquire an understanding of university level Japanese and basic technical publications; to become familiar with various styles of speech and writing; to be able to write academic essays in Japanese. The program also offers lectures on Japanese affairs, to give students a deeper understanding of Japanese society and culture. Students will be accredited for these courses as they are included in the university-wide core curriculum (Foundation Program). Each subject consists of 15 90-minute classes spread across one semester, for which students will be awarded 2 credits. This program is also open to non-credit-seeking students from our exchange universities with sufficient Japanese language skills (Japanese Language Proficiency Level 1 ).