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Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, all the courses in IJLP will be conducted online through the “e-IJLP” (LMS, Leaning Management System) and a web-conference platform. There will be no face-to-face class this semester.

Students should register for classes through the Acanthus Portal (Student Information Service) before the first lesson of each class.

Class details, such as instruction types, requirements, and maximum capacity, are written in the syllabus of each course. Please make sure to read the syllabus before registering for a class.

→ Kanazawa University Web Syllabus

For more information on the online registration process and the LMS, please refer to the IJLP website.

→ IJLP Website

Registration for classes

From the 2021 spring semester, IJLP Japanese language program introduces quarter system. Because of that, students must register for classes in each quarter. The grades are also issued in each quarter.

Students  have receive a grade of either S, A, B, or C in Q1 can register for successive subjects in Q2.

As for the rules of registration and promotion to the next level, please refer to the following page.

　IJLP Rules of registration and promotion to the next level （Jump to the e-IJLP）

　Enrollment Periods for 2021 Q2

Undergraduate Students (including Non-Degree Students): From May 18 (Tue.) 7:00 to June 17 (Thu.) 23:59

GraduateStudents(including Non-Degree Students): From June 10 (Thu.) 7:00 to June 23 (Wed.) 23:59

Students of Organization of Global Affairs*: From May 18 (Tue.) 7:00to June 23 (Wed.) 23:59

*Japanese Language & Culture Program, KUEP-Science and Engineering Sciences/Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences etc

※ Students can register for classes after confirming their grades of Q1.

Grade Confirmation

Grades will be available to view online through Acanthus Portal by clicking on Student Information Service after each quarter ends.

Grade Confirmation Period for 2021 Q1

　from June 10, 2021

※ The date on which grades become available online differs depending on academic department. If you have questions about the period, please consult the Student Affairs section of your department of study.

How to attend the first lesson of each class:

After you have registered for classes, you can access each class on the LMS (named “e-IJLP”).

All international students who wish to register for Japanese language classes (including students who are overseas) must attend the first lesson on “e-IJLP.” The steps for participating in Japanese language classes are presented here:

1. Choose your classes by looking at the timetable and syllabi and decide which classes you would like to take.

2. Register for these classes through the Acanthus Portal by the day before the first lesson for each class.

* During the registration period, you can change your registration for classes anytime.

3. Log in to the e-IJLP and access the course that you want to join.

4. Read the course syllabus, course guidance, and course schedule available in the upper section.

→How to access to e-IJLP

Course Numbering

Numbering	Level	Class name until 2020 spring
JPN0XX	Survival	Japanese AS
JPN1XX	Elementary 1	Japanese A
JPN2XX	Elementary 2	Japanese B
JPN3XX	Intermediate 1	Japanese C
JPN4XX	Intermediate 2	Japanese D1
JPN5XX	Upper-intermediate	Japanese D2
JPN6XX	Advanced 1	Japanese E
JPN7XX	Advanced 2	Japanese F

 

Schedule

Class Levels

If you passed last semester, you may advance to the next level this semester.

*[NOTE] Regarding Skill-Specific Classes, you may take a class of your current level or of a level that is one above or below your current level (only if the instructor permits it). The level of each class is written on its syllabus: ensure to check the class level before registering.

Grades will be available to view online through the Acanthus Portal by checking on Student Information Service after each semester ends (the date on which grades become available online differs depending on academic department).

 

Class Method

In the first quarter (Q1, from April 5 to June 11), all courses are offered in distance learning. From the second quarter (June 14 to August 6), all courses will be held face to face.

In Q1, courses are basically offered online (e-IJLP), with some parts being taught through a web conference scheduled on specific days and at a specific time (JST, UTC+9). Class sessions take place in real time, and the instructor leads the course sessions. Students meet remotely as a class through Zoom (the instructors will instruct the students on which platform to use). They then complete assignments according to the course schedule on e-IJLP on their own schedules as they meet specific deadlines and complete assignments.

Some of the classes are offered online (e-IJLP) only (asynchronous distance learning). You can check the class format by referring to the following section in the syllabus page:

 

Registration Rules

• Students are allowed to register for maximum of 5 courses per week for Japanese language program courses. (up to 5 credits per quarter).

<Examples of combination>
Ex.１）

Comprehensive Class (１)（Intermediate Japanese1：3credit, 3 lessons per week ）＋ Kanji & Vocabulary class (１)（Japanese Kanji & Vocabulary 3：1 credits, 1 lessons per week ）＋Skill Specific Class(１)（Japanese Intermediate Listening：1 credits, 1 lessons per week,）=5 credits(5 lessons per week）

Ex.２）

Comprehensive Class (１)（Elementary Japanese 1： 4credit, 4 lessons per week）＋ Kanji & Vocabulary class (１)（1 credits, 1 lessons per week）=5 credits(5 lessons per week）

Ex.３）

Skill Specific Class(４)（Japanese Advanced Reading 2A：1credit, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Reading 2B：1credit, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Grammar 2：1 credits, 1 lessons per week+Japanese Advanced Listening 2：1 credits,1 lessons per week+Japanese Business Communication 2：1 credits, 1 lessons per week）=4credits( 4 lessons per week）

• Students who are placed in “JPN7 XX”can take both “JPN6 XX” and “JPN7 XX” level of skill-specific class.
• Regarding Skill-Specific Classes, you may take a class of your current level or of a level that is one above or below your current level (only if the instructor permits it). The level of each class is written on its syllabus: ensure to check the class level before registering.

 

Timetable

【Attention】Students are allowed to register for maximum of 5 courses per week for Japanese language program courses(Up to 5 credits per quarter).

 

Course number Subject Course numbering Instructor

 

 

	月	火	水	木	金
1 8:45- 10:15	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Hoshi	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Tsutsui	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Bushmakina	02322.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 3B JPN311 Bushmakina	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Noda
	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Noda	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Noda	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Tsutsui	02422.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 4B JPN411 Kawachi	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Kawachi
	03174.12 Japanese Rapid Reading AB JPN421 Ota	01306.12 Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 Tsurumachi	03207.12 Academic Listening B* JPN651 Ota		01306.12 Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 Tsurumachi
	03407.12 Academic Writing(1) B* JPN641 Kojima	03809.12 Oral Presentation B* JPN661 Mine	03409.12 Japanese Academic Writing(2) B* JPN641 Matsuda		03169.12 Japanese Academic Writing(2) B* JPN722 Fukagawa
			03513.12 Intermediate Writing B JPN341 Fukagawa		03211.12 Upper-Intermediate Listening B JPN551 Kojima
2 10:30- 12:00	03253.12 Advanced GrammarⅠB JPN792 Mine	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 Tsutsui	01306.12 Intermediate Japanese1B JPN301 Tsutsui	02122.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 1B JPN111 Bushimakina	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 Okamoto
	03515.12 Upper-Intermediate WritingB JPN541 Hoshi	01427.12 Upper-intermediate JapaneseB JPN501 Noda	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B JPN401 Okamoto	02222.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 2B JPN211 Tanaka	01427.12 Upper-intermediate Japanese B JPN501 Noda
	03906.12 Japanese Affairs: Introductory 1B JPN372 Saiki	01503.12 Advanced Japanese B AJPN601 Tsurumachi	01427.12 Upper-intermediate Japanese B JPN501 Tsurumachi	02522.12 Kanji & Vocabulary ５B JPN511 Kawachi	01503.12 Advanced Japanese B JPN601 Shikita
		03213.12 Japanese Advanced Listening 1B JPN752 Sasahara	01503.12 Advanced Japanese B JPN601 Noda	02622.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 6B JPN611 Takabatake	03511.12 Japanese Elementary Conversation B JPN261 Tsurumachi
		03507.12 Elementary Reading B JPN221 Honda	03511.12 Japanese Elementary ConversationB JPN261 Sasahara	02722.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 7B JPN711 Fujita
				03209.12 Intermediate Listening B JPN351 Matsuda
				03509.12 Elementary Writing B JPN241 Honda
3 13:15- 14:45	03176.12 Upper-Intermediate Reading B JPN521 Shikita	03852.12 Logical Thinking in Japanese B* JPN793 Ota
4 15:00- 16:30				03813.12 Academic Japanese B* JPN691 Fukazawa
5 16:45- 18:15	01042.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN002 Fukagawa	01040.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 Takabatake	01042.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN002 Fukagawa	01040.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 Takabatake
	03904.12 Japanese Japanese Affairs B* JPN671 Mine			03959.12 Japanese Business Communication 1B JPN684 Sasahara

 

* indicate that these classes are also held as “GS(Japanese)” subjects of the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the undergraduate foreign regular students. 

Foreign regular students should refer to the subject number of GS(Japanese).

Regarding novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention   IJLP are taking measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as follows. Please refer to the following pages before class starts. IJLP “Regarding the prevention of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)” Kanazawa University “The University’s Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)”