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Japanese Classes for
Science and Engineering
In order to help students at the Graduate School of Engineering to improve
their Japanese ability specific to their academic field, ADIS offers three
types of Japanese classes. Application
form (pdf)
- Scientific/Engineering
Japanese for presentations: On completion of the course, students should
be able to give a presentation introducing their research to scientists
and engineers in other fields. You will learn words and expressions that
are commonly used in scientific presentations. You will also learn about
power point slides and practice speaking so that your presentations
become more effective and understandable.
- Scientific/Engineering
Japanese for writing research papers: The purpose of this class is
to improve one’s ability to write scientific documents in Japanese,
especially short reports and abstracts for presentation. This class
introduces commonly used basic expressions and fixed phrases, patterns
for development, overall structure and characteristics of Japanese
scientific papers. Class work consists of reading model scientific
documents and then writing compositions on scientific themes. Students
are required to rewrite all the compositions and papers they have
submitted with the corrections of instructor to develop their ability in
writing.
Survival Japanese Course
This course is offered for international students who belong to the
School of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering. This course covers
very basic Japanese; the aim of the course is to develop survival-level of
proficiency in the areas of speaking and listening which enables to carry out
everyday activities of life in Japan. We offer three sessions, spring,
summer, and fall session, in the 2012 academic year; each session will cover
the same contents.
Survival Japanese
Course Spring & Summer Session (pdf)
Japanese courses offered by CIEE for pre-enrolled students
For international students engaged to enroll in a Master's or Doctoral course
at the Graduate School of Engineering, the Center for International Education
and Exchange (CIEE), Osaka University offers some Japanese
Language Programs.
Other Japanese courses available near Osaka University
In addition to the Japanese courses offered by Osaka University (ADIS and
CIEE), various Japanese courses are offered by local governments and
international associations.
- Suita
Inter-people Friendship Association offers Japanese classes at
three levels (introductory, elementary, and pre-intermediate). Those
classes are held from Monday to Saturday, day and night, so a convenient
time can be chosen from many possibilities given. The classes are free
of charge.
- Toyonaka International Center offers various
types of courses for conversation, reading, and writing. Some of the
classes charge a small fee.
- Minoh Association for Global Awareness offers different
types of courses on conversation and kanji, free of charge.
Further information on the Japanese
courses can be obtained at the web site Global
Campus Net, Osaka.
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