Compulsory

The course is designed for the first-year English majored students in the second semester in order to introduce a new language as the second language. This course aims at enhancing students’ ability to communicate in Japanese at elementary level. The course also provides the students with familiar topics related to self-introduction, greetings, family and so on.

This module is to help second-year translation students understand the basics of translation types, translation techniques and mistakes to be avoided. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply translation theory into practical exercises at gradual levels of improvement: practice translating basic sentence patterns, translating clause types and translating short informative paragraphs such as newsletters, articles, etc. on many different topics including culture, entertainment, basic science, tourism, etc. In addition, students will be able to translate standard texts, improve their reading comprehension ability and develop grammar knowledge, vocabulary, and rhetorical measures.

The course is designed for the English-majored students in the second or third semester in order to continue enhancing Japanese ability of students who have finished Japanese Language 1 course. This course aims at students’ Japanese communication ability at elementary level. The course also provides the students with familiar topics related to house, time, hobby, etc.

The course is designed for the second-year English majored students in the fourth semester in order to continue enhancing the Japanese ability of students who finished the courses of Japanese 1 and 2. This course also aims at enhancing students’ Japanese communication ability at elementary level. In addition, the course provides the students with familiar topics related to famous places, shopping, travel, etc.