Everyone who aspires to speak good Business Japanese should be able to understand the mechanism of such communication. Since the rise of the so-called "communicative approach" around 1980 a special attention is being paid to communicative situations. What does a "situation" means, when it comes to business Japanese? The lecturer will share some secrets that will help you improve your business Japanese, using the communicative approach as a main reference point.
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Lecturer
Yusuke TANAKA/ University of Tsukuba (Professor)
Graduated from the College of Japanese Language and Culture, School of Humanities and Culture, University of Tsukuba. Completed the doctoral program in Japanese Language Education at the Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics, Waseda University. Ph.D. in Japanese Language Education.
Served as a specially appointed researcher for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, a lecturer at Fudan University in China, an assistant professor at the Faculty of International Research and Education, Waseda University, a lecturer and associate professor at Toyo University, and an associate professor at Aoyama Gakuin University before assuming the current position.
Research interests include multicultural coexistence, international cultural exchange, and Japanese language education, with a focus on Japanese language education for foreign students, business Japanese, Japanese language education for JSL children, Japanese language teaching materials analysis and development, language policy, history of Japanese language education, and dissemination of Japanese culture overseas.
Awards include the 32nd Special Prize of the Ohira Masayoshi Memorial Award and the 2018 Japanese Language Education Society Encouragement Award.
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Course outline
Lecture nameBusiness Japanese and the Communicative Approach
Date and timeAugust 30, 2022 (Tuesday) , 01:00 PM (JST) 〜 August 30, 2022 (Tuesday) , 02:30 PM (JST)
Lecturer
Yusuke TANAKA
University of Tsukuba (Professor)
University of Tsukuba (Professor)
TargetInternational students or employees who have passed JLPT N2 or above.
* Non-Toyo University students can also take this course.
* Participation from abroad is highly welcomed.
* Non-Toyo University students can also take this course.
* Participation from abroad is highly welcomed.
Capacity1,000 participants per lecture (first-come-first-served basis)
FeeFree
Application periodAugust 02, 2022 (Tuesday) , 12:00 AM (JST) ~ August 29, 2022 (Monday) , 11:59 PM (JST)
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