Level: 4 and 5
Language of Instruction: Japanese
Quota: max. 10 students
Meets once a week
Credit: 2 KUIS credits
Instructor: Yumi Wakamatsu
Taking up common situations such as part-time jobs, the Introduction to Japanese Business Culture 4 ･ 5 course aims to help students understand business communication patterns which may be required during interactions with Japanese in the context of corporate or other employment situations. The course is intended to familiarize students with the Japanese expressions and communication patterns occurring in business situations while also heightening awareness of how these differ from the patterns in their native languages.
Japanese level 4.5
This course is for those who are interested in Japanese communication in business situations.
1) Language ability
Learn the basic expressions of business Japanese and become able to actually use them.
2) Sociolinguistic competence
Understand how polite it is to speak when working with Japanese people in a Japanese-speaking workplace.
3) Social and cultural ability
While practicing with short skits in business situations, understand the social culture required for Japanese work situations, such as job hunting.
When considering future career plans, think about how to acquire Japanese social culture hereafter.
<Flow of each lesson> * Taking the first half as an example
Before class, read the materials distributed in advance and do your own preparation tasks.
Discuss in class what you think about the task.
In Part 1, you will practice writing a simple business email. After that, you will practice telephone answering and interviews in class.
In business email, submit the email you wrote as an assignment. In addition, telephone calls and interviews are recorded and submitted as assignments.
1st-5th
How to write business emails, answer phone calls, receive part-time jobs and job interviews (introductory level)
6th-10th
Honorifics (use of “Uchi (in-groups)” and “Soto (out-groups)” properly), business etiquette (introductory level)
11th to 15th
Presentation in business situations (introductory level)
(How to make a presentation, create slides, practice presentations, make presentations) * Presentation is the final task
Teaching materials will be distributed and introduced in the class.
Class participation
Assignment for each topic
Final assignment (presentation)
Level: 6 and 7
Language of Instruction: Japanese
Quota: max. 10 students
Meets once a week
Credit: 2 KUIS credits
Instructor: Masako Manabe
The Introduction to Japanese Business Culture 6･7 course aims to help students understand business communication patterns which may be required during interactions with Japanese in the context of corporate or other employment situations. The course is intended to familiarize students with the Japanese expressions and communication patterns occurring in business situations and formal situations while also heightening awareness of how these differ from the patterns in their native languages.
This is for Japanese level 6 and 7 students who are interested in Japanese communication in business situations and who want to work for a Japanese company.
Communicate appropriately in formal situations such as interviews and business situations.
Discover and solve problems that occur in different cultures of business and formal situations.
Learn about Japanese business customs and culture and apply it to communication.
Understand written interactions in business and formal situations.
Each time, we discover problems in cases in different cultures and discuss solutions (case learning). Before class, read the materials for each case, think about what you would do, and write them down on a worksheet (preparatory homework). Learn about customs, culture, and expressions of Japanese communication in business situations necessary for problem solving.
In the first half of the course, you will have a self-analysis for employment and a mock interview online.
In the second half of the course, you will learn about written interactions such as business emails written in Japanese. Also, we will actually write it ourselves.
Teaching materials will be distributed and introduced in the class.
Review 20%: Write and submit after class
Quiz 10%: Confirmation of understanding of what was learned in class
Homework 20%: Case Study Worksheet
Assignment 20%: Submissions such as mock interviews (performance) and worksheets used in class
Final task 30%: Submit a report on case learning
The quiz does not have a make-up.
If the submission is delayed, evaluation will be deducted. (Minus 50%) Please meet the deadline.
Evaluation is not based on Japanese ability.
This is a discussion-oriented class, so active participation is required.