This course will introduce students to expository styles in Technical Japanese. It will help students to acquire some technical terms and concepts in chemistry, electrical engineering, computer science, biotechnology and medicine. In addition, it will enable students to acquire passive knowledge of some kanjis used frequently in Technical Japanese. This course will also provide students with practical information as well as cultural information in the contexts of Japanese science and technology.
Textbooks:
- Rumiko Shinzato. Intermediate Reader in Technical and Scientific Japanese. Honolulu: National Foreign Language Resource Center
- Excerpts from magazines and journals
Course Objectives:
- Learn to read expository writing styles.
- Acquire technical terms and concepts in biology, chemistry, engineering and medicine.
- Get acquainted with facts and issues of technology specifically in the context of Japanese society.
- Acquire reading and meaning of basic kanji used frequently in Technical Japanese.
Evaluation:
| Attendance |
15% |
| Assignments |
15% |
| Vocabulary Quiz |
10% |
| Tests (3) |
60% |
Schedule:
| WEEK 1 |
Chapter 1 & 2 (Basic chemistry & Semiconductor) |
| WEEK 2 |
Chapter 2 & 3 (Semiconductor & History of Computer) |
| WEEK 3 |
Chapter 3 & 4 (History of Computer & Biochips) |
| WEEK 4 |
Chapter 5 (Biotechnology) |
| WEEK 5 |
Chapter 6 (AIDS) |
| WEEK 6 |
Review and test |
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