Xinyi Cong
JAPN 135ABC 2021-22 |
武田先生の元で、135ABCのコースを取ったことは大変勉強になりました。一言でまとめると、この日本語コースは私たち今までに身に付けた日本語力を活かして専門的な知識や実践能力を更に活かすコースです。つまり、私たちが身に付けた日本語をコミュニケーションやリサーチなどのツールにして、日本人みたいにビジネスプランを計画したり、日本や世界の社会問題をリサーチしたり、社会に貢献できるようなプロジェクトを立てたり活動したりするような、社会に出たらすぐに使えるための腕を磨くコースです。さまざまなトピックや学生たちに合わせるために工夫を凝らした授業コーナーを設けているおかげで、飽きることがない上に、日本語のレベルをさらに上げられたのではないかと、私自身強く感じました。また、武田先生を始め、箱崎先生や数人のボランティアさんにグループ活動を助けて頂けたことはとても良い思い出になりました。
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Stephen Napolitano
JAPN 135ABC 2020-21 |
"My favorite course sequence within the Japanese Studies Program was Japanese for Professional Purposes with Takeda-Sensei. This class is not like other Japanese classes in that it focuses on project-based learning, meaning that you have a lot more opportunities to utilize your Japanese abilities in practical ways. For example, this term we collaborated with a student organization at a Japanese university to work on a fairly large translation project which helped us to gain experience strengthening our international collaboration and communication skills. Another major benefit of this class was learning how to write business emails and how to communicate appropriately with others depending on their position within a Japanese company.
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"The structure of Japanese 135 encourages collaborative discussions and creative thinking which significantly improved my Japanese language skills. By consistently speaking and writing in Japanese, I learned the language in a more engaging way that differed from a typical language class. Furthermore, I built a sense of community with my classmates by communicating in Japanese to successfully complete projects. The instruction method provided us freedom within our project roles to assign our own tasks and fulfill these commitments. Outside of the classroom, I feel that I have personally connected with the Japanese community while working on these projects by participating in hands-on activities. Most importantly, this class has taught me professional Japanese etiquette and to be an active learner in all my endeavors."
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Airi Gonzalez
JAPN 135BC 2020 |
Leon Jenkins
JAPN 135ABC 2018-19 |
"Japanese 135 is a unique course sequence that pushes you to creatively and dynamically engage with the Japanese language. The experience of working as a team to plan and carry out community projects has helped me improve my speaking and writing skills by pushing me to practice aspects of Japanese that you don’t generally use in a classroom setting. It has also given me a chance to practice collaboration, working within the dynamics of a group, and other skills that are useful in any work environment. I intend to work in Japan after graduate school, and I think that this class has helped prepare me for that environment. The students come from a variety of backgrounds and language levels, and our projects focus on working with either the Japanese community in San Diego or with Japanese students from abroad, so I also think that this class would be great for anyone studying Japanese who plans on working with an international corporation, or who just wants to become more globally minded."
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Vanessa Guerra JAPN 135BC
2018 |
"Japanese 135 I believe was an important experience for me within the Japanese Language program as this class had truly made me utilize my Japanese speaking skills by constantly speaking with my other classmates in Japanese, and everyone cooperating together to accomplish whatever tasks and projects we had.
I also felt that this class had also taught me this importance of the Japanese side of the Business field, and proper business behavior, as everyone had an important role to fulfill when it came to working, having proper communication with each other in order to share opinions and ideas, and as well as being able to build connections with your teammates, and people outside of the field, such as the Japanese community in the La Jolla area. I will always remember my time in Japanese 135 due to the unique experiences different from any other language classes because of the small community I felt I had been part of since I had been with working alongside with my classmates and teacher as a group and becoming a little more confident within myself in my skills as a Japanese Language learner." |
Jannah Ustaris
JAPN 135ABC 2015-2016 |
" I truly got to exercise my Japanese speaking abilities through this class, given that we needed to accomplish our tasks through cooperating with other classmates in Japanese. Japn 135 has built my cooperation skills and self-confidence with presentation skills. It has also allowed me to develop substantial friendships with my classmates, and inspired me to foster a similar environment in the future classes that I may teach. ” |
"JAPN 135 has been an invaluable part of my professional development during college. Having started working in Japan immediately after graduation, I was immensely grateful for the many things I have learned in this class. Not only do you get to learn and apply universal teamwork and communication techniques in the community, you also learn the unique approach Japanese people have to these concepts. In this class you not only learn the vocabulary and grammar needed to communicate professionally, but also learn the manner in which one is expected to behave. The project based format also ensures you have a chance to practice this in the larger community. It is this unique opportunity to apply what you have learned, while still receiving feedback from the class that makes JAPN 135 completely invaluable for anybody who wishes to study, work, or live in Japan.”
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Kenji Oberlander
JAPN 135ABC 2013-2014 (Student) 2015 Spring (Volunteer) |