JAP11 Japanese for Business II

• Topics

  Course content

  This course focuses on understanding Japanese business communication and be able to use Japanese in social, but still business related, settings. The factual literature has focus on Japanese business culture and communication, trade between Japan and Norway, and experiences doing business with each other.

• Learning outcome

  Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have attained the following:

  knowledge

  • knowledge about Japanese business culture
  • knowledge about trade between Japan and Norway
  • knowledge about communication between Japanese and Norwegian business associates

  skills

  • basic practical skills in Japanese
  • is able to hold an everyday conversation in Japanese

  General competence

  • is able to reflect on how language and culture influence business communication

• Required prerequisites

  JAP10 or equivalent.

• Compulsory Activity

  Submission of 6 chapters from the workbook Genki I

• Grading Scale

  Scale A-F