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Instruction Method

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

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).

<To new students>

Upon entering the IJLP, students are required to take a placement test. The results of this placement test will determine your level and the classes you may take.

For more details about the IJLP Orientation and Placement Test, please refer to the following page.

→　2021 Spring IJLP Orientation and Placement Test 

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:

 

< To students who will study from outside of Japan >

*Students who will study from outside of Japan also must attend the class from their country on specific days and at specific time (JST, UTC+9), if synchronous sessions are available for their course.

*Students who are going to study in Kanazawa this semester but find it difficult to attend the synchronous sessions because of the time difference are allowed to ask the instructor(s) about alternative methods of study for synchronous sessions. Please contact the course instructor and follow their direction.

*To contact each course instructor, students can send a message through the Acanthus Portal and e-IJLP. To use the Acanthus Portal and e-IJLP, they must register for classes.

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	01105.11 Elementary Japanese 1A JPN101 Hoshi	01105.11 Elementary Japanese 1A JPN101 Tsutsui	01105.11 Elementary Japanese 1A JPN101 Bushmakina	02321.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 3A JPN311 Bushmakina	01105.11 Elementary Japanese 1A JPN101 Noda
	01202.11 Elementary Japanese 2A JPN201 Noda	01202.11 Elementary Japanese 2A JPN201 Noda	01202.11 Elementary Japanese 2A JPN201 Tsutsui	02421.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 4A JPN411 Kawachi	01202.11 Elementary Japanese 2A JPN201 Kawachi
	03173.11 Japanese Rapid Reading A JPN421 Ota	01305.11 Intermediate Japanese1 A JPN301 Tsurumachi	03206.11 Academic Listening A* JPN651A Ota		01305.11 Intermediate Japanese1 A JPN301 Tsurumachi
	03406.11 Academic Writing(1) A* JPN641A Kojima	03808.11 Oral Presentation A* JPN661A Mine	03408.11 Japanese Academic Writing(2) A* JPN641A Matsuda		03168.11 Japanese Academic Writing(2) A* JPN722A Fukagawa
			03512.11 Intermediate Writing A JPN341 Fukagawa		03210.11 Upper-Intermediate Listening A JPN551 Kojima
2 10:30- 12:00	03252.11 Advanced GrammarⅠA JPN792 Mine	01414.11 Intermediate Japanese 2A JPN401 Tsutsui	01305.11 Intermediate Japanese1 A JPN301 Tsutsui	02121.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 1A JPN111 Bushimakina	01414.11 Intermediate Japanese 2A JPN401 Okamoto
	03514.11 Upper-Intermediate Writing A JPN541 Hoshi	01426.11 Upper-intermediate Japanese A JPN501 Noda	01414.11 Intermediate Japanese 2A JPN401 Okamoto	02221.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 2A JPN211 Tanaka	01426.11 Upper-intermediate Japanese A JPN501 Noda
	03905.11 Japanese Affairs: Introductory 1A JPN372 Saiki	01502.11 Advanced Japanese A AJPN601 Tsurumachi	01426.11 Upper-intermediate Japanese A JPN501 Tsurumachi	02521.11 Kanji & Vocabulary ５A JPN511 Kawachi	01502.11 Advanced Japanese A JPN601 Shikita
		03212.11 Japanese Advanced Listening 1A JPN752 Sasahara	01502.11 Advanced Japanese A JPN601 Noda	02621.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 6A JPN611 Takabatake	03510.11 Japanese Elementary Conversation A JPN261 Tsurumachi
		3506.11 Elementary Reading A JPN221 Honda	03510.11 Japanese Elementary Conversation A JPN261 Sasahara	02721.11 Kanji & Vocabulary 7A JPN711 Fujita
				03208.11 Intermediate Listening A JPN351 Matsuda
				03508.11 Elementary Writing A JPN241 Honda
3 13:15- 14:45	03175.11 Upper-Intermediate Reading A JPN521 Shikita	03851.11 Logical Thinking in Japanese A* JPN793A Ota
4 15:00- 16:30				03812.11 Academic Japanese Ａ* JPN691A Fukazawa
5 16:45- 18:15	01041.11 Survival Japanese 1A JPN002 Fukagawa	01039.11 Survival Japanese 1A JPN001 Takabatake	01041.11 Survival Japanese 1A JPN002 Fukagawa	01039.11 Survival Japanese 1A JPN001 Takabatake
	03903.11 Japanese Japanese Affairs A* JPN671A Mine			03958.11 Japanese Business Communication 1A 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)”