Japanese Writing Ⅰ

To achieve course objectives, students will practice using vocabulary and expressions specific to academic writing. The course will also guide students through speech writing, and students will practice writing speeches for the July speech contest. All students will also give speeches in a class competition. The second half of the course will focus on the structure of Japanese academic papers. The class will occasionally peer review papers written by classmates to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Thesis, speech, sentence structure, pronunciation

1. Course orientation, essay overview, and writing practice
2. Fundamentals of academic writing and punctuation practice
3. Academic expressions ①
4. Academic expressions ②
5. Practice using academic expressions
6. Academic expressions ③
7. Academic expressions ④
8. Speech manuscript study ①: Considering speech and topics
9. Speech manuscript study ②: Creating a speech outline
10. Reviewing the speech manuscript, Practice speaking
11. Thesis structure ①
12. Thesis structure ②
13. In-class speech contest
14. Thesis structure practice
15. Final thesis topic and outline review, mindset for thesis writing

Syllabus (Japanese site only)