Journalistic Japanese

Journalistic Japanese 6/7

  • Level: 6 and 7

  • Language of Instruction: Japanese

  • Quota: max. 10 students

  • Meets once a week

  • Credit: 2 KUIS credits

  • Instructor: Akane Tokunaga

This course aims to, through reading news articles and watching news programs, enhance students' ability to understand current topics of the Japanese society and the background to them, and to search for the news stories and relevant information.

At the beginning of the course, we will summarize some recent news and discuss the differences in current topics in Japan and in other countries.

In the middle of the course, students will find a piece of news and some information relevant to it, and then learn how to read and understand it.

Finally, students will pick up more than one news item, find information relevant to it, understand it from their own perspective and write an essay as the final assignment.

Every week, students will be given assignments of watching news stories (2-3 minutes) and reading the scripts (pre-study assignment), and writing their opinions on the news items picked up in the class (reflection sheet).

Teaching materials / reference materials

Teaching materials will be distributed and introduced in the class.

Grading Policy

  • Class participation: 20%

  • Pre-study assignment: 20%

  • Reflection sheet assignment: 30%

  • Final assignments: 30%