JAPN 404: Advanced Japanese Research
This course aims to develop advanced proficiency in communication through oral and written presentations to finalize research project for Capstone in Japanese using appropriate media. Taught in Japanese.
Towards MLO 4
Towards MLO 4
Reflective Narrative
This course, along with the WLC 400: WLC Major Capstone course, built upon the JAPN 403: PreCapstone course. While WLC 400 was a general overview and guide through Capstone, including broad elements such as taking professional photos for the project, JAPN 404 focused on developing our Japanese ability in regards to writing a Japanese research paper, which require unique professional language not used in standard communication. Using a textbook for reference, we learned how to make a professional sounding paper, including how to present data. We also spent time developing our Japanese presentation, while in WLC 400 we typically developed the English side of our capstones first. Working in tandem with WLC 400, this course gave us the Japanese ability and opportunity to actually complete our capstones in Japanese, an essential part of the Japanese Major Capstone. As such, the main product from this course is our Capstone.
It was really interesting to learn the nuances of writing a Japanese paper. The language used is different from what I am used to. It was also a little difficult. However, the textbook was really useful and was a very good reference; it also turned out that what we needed to do was simpler than it first seemed because our Sensei were so good with helping us. This course also paired us with Japanese students from Oberlin University in Japan in the second half of the semester, who really helped us with our Japanese as well.
In the future, I would like to apply the skills I learned here to graduate school. My next step is to improve my Japanese by returning to Japan to teach English for a couple years.
It was really interesting to learn the nuances of writing a Japanese paper. The language used is different from what I am used to. It was also a little difficult. However, the textbook was really useful and was a very good reference; it also turned out that what we needed to do was simpler than it first seemed because our Sensei were so good with helping us. This course also paired us with Japanese students from Oberlin University in Japan in the second half of the semester, who really helped us with our Japanese as well.
In the future, I would like to apply the skills I learned here to graduate school. My next step is to improve my Japanese by returning to Japan to teach English for a couple years.