Course Overview

Get familiar with Japanese society and culture, and deepen your understanding of Japanese language.

Learning Achievement

Students will be able to understand different aspects of Japanese society and culture while strengthening their knowledge of Japanese. The focus will be on aspects of the Japanese language, such as dialects and gender.

Competence

Competence: Communication ability, Broad perspective and international character

Course prerequisites

For students of all levels (Comprehensive Japanese 1 to 7.)

Grading Philosophy

Class participation 30%, Assignments and presentation 40%, Essay 30%

Course schedule

General introduction to the course
Confirming students' language backgrounds
Introduction: Let’s think about language
Speech style: Discussion about reading text 1
Speech style: Discussion about reading text 2
Dialect in the Japanese Language: introduction
Dialect: Discussion about reading text 3
Dialect: Discussion about reading text 4
Gender in the Japanese Language: introduction
Gender: Discussion about reading text 5
Gender: Discussion about reading text 6
Language Contact and Influence: introduction
Language Contact and Influence: Discussion about reading text 7
Pair presenstations about loanwords, part 1
Pair presenstations about loanwords, part 2
Essay writing and overall feedback

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Vanbaelen Ruth

Other information

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university