Japanese Class
EngIO Japanese Class is designed to support students, researchers and faculty members in the School of Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, and Graduate School of Environmental Studies in order to promote more interest in the Japanese language while helping them have a smoother, meaningful life both on-campus and off-campus.
These courses will give no credits, however, if you wish, we can issue a certificate of attendance for you. For international exchange students, you may apply for credit transfer by submitting the certificate to your home university.
These courses are free of charge.
Semester
Spring Semester
Mid April – End of July
Fall Semester
Mid October – End of January
Target
Any status (students, researchers, faculty members, etc.) in the School of Engineering, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Information Sciences, and Graduate School of Environmental Studies
How to Attend
Register via the Application Form by October 13th, 2022.
Each class has its Google Classroom. The classroom code will be emailed to the applicants.
*The “Tohokudai ID” is required to apply.
Tohokudai ID is a secured IT account provided by Tohoku University to those who are admitted to Tohoku University, and is different from the student ID number. If you have not been provided the Tohokudai ID yet, please ask your host laboratory. It usually takes time to be provided, depending on the schedule of committee that approves your admission and internal procedures, etc.
Please refer to the Course Description
Courses
“GENKI 1” Supplementary Materials
Lecturer: Ms. Ai Funayama
Outline
This is the grammar explanations and exercises supplementary material of the GENKI textbook. Even those who do not have the textbook can follow the “Conversation and Grammar” section along with the contents of the textbook (the “Reading and Writing” section is not included).
This textbook follows the story of Mary, an international student living in Japan, and her friends and acquaintances at a Japanese university. You will learn basic sentence patterns and structures while using a lot of vocabulary and phrases useful for university life in Japan.
Class Style
This is an on-demand supplementary material. There are slides of each chapter on the Google Classroom so that you can progress at your own pace during the semester.
Level
Beginners
Textbook
GENKI1
Beginner Class
Lecturer: Ms. Noriko Shida
Outline
This class is designed for beginners in learning Japanese. In this class, you will learn basic vocabulary and expressions that are useful for daily life in Japan using various textbooks or materials and doing some quize and exercises of letters (Hiragana and Katakana), phrases, etc. sometimes. One of the main aims of this class is to develop motivation to continue learning Japanese.
Class Style
Online live lesson (Zoom). A Google account other than Tohokudai ID is needed to attend this class.
* Please join the Google Classroom by October 15th. There is an announcement for the first lesson.
Class Schedule
18:00 – 19:30, every Tuesday, total 12 lessons.
October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20, January 10, 17
Level
Beginners
Textbook
“IRODORI – Japanese for Life in Japan”, and others
Upper-elementary Class
Lecturer: Ms. Noriko Shida
Outline
In this class, you will mainly use “IRODORI A2” textbook and also some websites and resources such as Sendai’s local internet news (Kahoku Shimpo) to cover the wide-ranged topics relating to the real lives of Japanese language learners. The class is designed to mainly improve “Speaking” and “Reading” skills that are useful for the laboratory communication and future job hunting.
Class Style
Online live lesson (Zoom). A Google account other than Tohokudai ID is needed to attend this class.
* Please join the Google Classroom by October 15ht. There is an announcement for the first lesson.
Class Schedule
13:00 – 14:30, every Thursday, total 12 lessons.
October 20, 27, November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 15, 22, January 1, 12, 19
Level
Those who can exchange simple information on personal and daily matters in Japanese
Textbook
“IRODORI A2 – Japanese for Life in Japan”, and others
Scientific & Technical Japanese A
Lecturer: Prof. Hirokazu Moriya
Outline
This class aims to improve basic scientific and technical expressions of learners in science and engineering, and to learn vocabulary and phrases that are useful during seminars, experiments, and discussions with laboratory members.
Class Style
This is an on-demand class. Each week, a slide will be posted on Google Classroom. You can refer to them any time during the semester.
Level
Upper elementary to lower intermediate
Textbook
Handbook of Scientific and Technical Japanese
Scientific & Technical Japanese B
Lecturer: Prof. Hirokazu Moriya
Outline
You will learn sentence patterns and expressions that are useful for research activities such as seminars, experiments, and discussions with lab mates. You will also learn expressions commonly used in science and engineering fields aiming to write papers, reports, etc.
Class Style
This is an on-demand class. Each week, a slide will be posted on Google Classroom. You can refer to them any time during the semester.
Level
Intermediate/Advanced
Textbook
Handbook of Scientific and Technical Japanese