Applications closedA Practical Exercise in Business Japanese Vocabulary and Expressions
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Vocabulary and expressions used in business situations differ from those used in academic situations. This lecture will deepen your understanding of vocabulary and expressions used in business situations through practice exercises and commentaries based on theoretical content. We will use practice questions from the BJT test during the lecture, so please prepare paper and pencil in advance.

Yusuke TANAKA
Lecturer
Yusuke TANAKA/ Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Literature(Associate Professor)

"Graduated from the Japanese Language and Culture Course at the University of Tsukuba. Completed the doctoral program at Waseda University Graduate School and holds a Ph.D in Japanese Language Education. After working as a JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, a lecturer at Fudan University in China, an assistant at Waseda University, a lecturer and an associate professor at Toyo University, his current position is Associate Professor of Aoyama Gakuin University. His research topics include teaching Japanese to foreign students and non-native minors, analysis of Japanese teaching materials, language policy, history of Japanese language education, Business Japanese, introducing Japanese culture abroad, etc. Doctor Tanaka is the winner of numerous awards, including the 32nd Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize, the Prize for 2018 if the Society for Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, Waseda University Teaching Award (President’s Award) in 2017, the University of Tokyo Good Practice for Teaching Online President’s Award in 2020, and the 1st SDGs Iwasa Prize for 2022, etc."

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Course outline

Lecture nameA Practical Exercise in Business Japanese Vocabulary and Expressions
Date and timeFebruary 23, 2023 (Thursday) , 02:50 PM (JST) 〜 February 23, 2023 (Thursday) , 04:20 PM (JST)
Lecturer Yusuke TANAKA
Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Literature(Associate Professor)
TargetInternational students or employees with Japanese proficiency equivalent to JLPT N1, J2(BJT) or above.
Capacity1,000 participants per lecture (first-come-first-served basis)
Streaming service Cisco Webex Meetings
Fee1,100 JPY
Application periodJanuary 24, 2023 (Tuesday) , 12:00 AM (JST) ~ February 22, 2023 (Wednesday) , 11:59 PM (JST)
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