To develop Japanese Language Proficiency for Use in an Academic Context : A Report on a Practice in Course Design for the Foreign Students in the Faculty of Policy Studies

Abstract

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of universities that grant foreign students admission without finishing a Japanese preparatory course. Therefore, there is a need for a new course to develop Japanese language proficiency for use in an academic context. In this paper, we report our attempt to design a new course for the foreign students in the Faculty of Policy Studies of Nanzan University. In this course foreign students are required to take some academic classes with Japanese students as well as Japanese classes from their freshman year in order to graduate university in 4 years.