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Instruction Method

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

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, registration period, please refer to the following page.

→　2024 Spring IJLP Orientation and Placement Test 

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 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

Classes And Levels

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 Format

IJLP courses will be conducted in the classroom (I.e., face-to-face classes).

An exception to face-to-face classes will be authorized for specific students. If approved, such courses will be conducted online through the “e-IJLP” (LMS, Learning Management System) and a web conferencing platform.

You can check the class format and eligibility by referring to the following sections in the syllabus:

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.
• 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).

Timetable

< Lecture Room >

　GEH：General Education Lecture Hall, Kakuma Campus（On the Map N4)

　NST：Natural Science and Technology Main Hall, Kakuma Campus（On the Map S1)

　HSS：Human and Social Science Lecture Hall 2, Kakuma Campus（On the Map N11)

   MED : Japanese Language Course Room, 1st floor, School of Medicine Hall F ( On the Map 21) , Takaramachi campus

< On-line course >

For students who are studying at the Takaramachi-Tsuruma campus, some remote learning IJLP courses will be offered, as follows:

-Survival Japanese 1A/B (Online Course)     (Monday & Thursday, 1st period, 8:45 -10:15 ) 

-Survival Japanese 2A/B              (Tuesday 1st period 8:45-10:15 & Thursday, 5th period, 16:30 -18:00) 

For more details, please refer to the timetable below, as well as the syllabi.

Course number Subject Course numbering Instructor

 

 

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 8:45- 10:15	01040.121 Survival Japanese 1B(On-line Course)★ JPN001 Kawashima —	01042.12 Survival Japanese 2B☆ JPN002 Fukagawa NST-304	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Nakagawa GEH-A3	01040.121 Survival Japanese 1B(On-line Course)★ JPN001 Kawashima —	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Kawashima GEH-A3
	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Hoshi GEH-A3	01106.12 Elementary Japanese 1B JPN101 Yamanaka GEH-A3	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Noda GEH-A2	02322.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 3B JPN311 Yamanaka GEH-A2	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Yamanaka GEH-A2
	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Noda GEH-A2	01203.12 Elementary Japanese 2B JPN201 Nakagawa GEH-A2	01503.12 Advanced Japanese B JPN601 Tsurumachi GEH-A4	02422.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 4B JPN411 Kawachi GEH-A3	01306.12 Intermediate Japanese 1B JPN301 Nakagawa GEH-A4
	03174.12 Japanese Rapid Reading B JPN421 Ota GEH-A4	01427.12 Upper-Intermediate B JPN501 Noda GEH-A4	03906.12 Japanese Affairs: Introductory 1B JPN371 Saiki GEH-B2		01503.12 Advanced Japanese B JPN601 Fukagawa GEH-C4
	03411.12 Academic Writing B* JPN641 Kojima GEH-B2	03207.12 Academic Listening B* JPN651A Ota GEH-B8			03211.12 Upper-Intermediate Listening B JPN551 Kojima GEH-C2
		03209.12 Intermediate Listening B JPN352 Tsurumachi GEH-C2
2 10:30- 12:00	01306.12 Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 Tsurumachi GEH-B6	01306.12 Intermediate Japanese1 B JPN301 Yamanaka HSS-207	01427.12 Upper-Intermediate B JPN501 Noda GEH-D1	02122.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 1B JPN111 Yamanaka GEH-A4	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B① JPN401 Okamoto GEH-A3
	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B① JPN401 Okuyama GEH-A3	01415.12 Intermediate Japanese 2B① JPN401 Nakagawa GEH-C15	03964.12 Upper-Elementary Conversation B JPN231 Sasahara GEH-A2	02222.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 2B JPN211 Tanaka GEH-A2	01415.121 Intermediate Japanese 2B② JPN401 Nakagawa GEH-A4
	01415.121 Intermediate Japanese 2B② JPN401 Takahara GEH-B9	01415.121 Intermediate Japanese 2B② JPN401 Gotoh HSS-406	03966.12 Intermediate Conversation B JPN331 Tsurumachi GEH-A3	02522.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 5B JPN511 Kawachi GEH-A3	01427.12 Upper-Intermediate B JPN501 Tsurumachi GEH-B5
	03515.12 Upper-Intermediate Writing B JPN541 Hoshi GEH-A2	01503.12 Advanced Japanese B JPN601 Noda GEH-F11	03968.12 Upper-Intermediate Conversation B JPN431 Okamoto GEH-A4	02622.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 6B JPN611 Kawashima GEH-D1	03169.12 Japanese Advanced Reading 1B* JPN721 Kojima GEH-D3
		03213.12 Japanese Advanced Listening 2B JPN751 Sasahara GEH-320		02722.12 Kanji & Vocabulary 7B JPN711 Fujita GEH-B2	03964.12 Upper-Elementary Conversation B JPN261 Okuyama GEH-A2
				03513.12 Intermediate Writing B JPN341 Fukagawa GEH-C8
3 13:00- 14:30
4 14:45- 16:15		03852.12 Logical Thinking in Japanese B* JPN793A Ota GEH-B2
5 16:30- 18:00	03813.12 Academic Japanese B* JPN722 Honda GEH-C8	01040.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 Takabatake NST-304		01040.12 Survival Japanese 1B JPN001 Takabatake NST-304
				01042.12 Survival Japanese 2B☆ JPN002 Fukagawa MED-F
				03959.12 Japanese Business Communication 1B JPN684 Sasahara GEH-B6

 

★ indicates that the class will be provided as a distance class (synchronous learning)

☆ indicates that the class will be provided both as a distance class (synchronous learning) and as a face-to-face class..

*Foreign regular undergraduate 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. 新型コロナウイルス感染症にかかる対応について／The University’s Response to COVID-19