Class Hours

 

Monday, Wednesday, Friday  9:10 to 16:15

Tuesday, Thursday  9:00 to 15:20

 

*Our courses are full – time only.  As the courses are designed for foreign students proceeding to universities in Japan.

 

Tokyo Japanese Language Education Center (TJLEC) provides students the Japanese language education for students who want to go to university or graduate school.

In order to go to university or graduate school, students need to learn academic Japanese.

After entering TJLEC, first of all, students will learn the basic Japanese firmly. Then, students will learn more Japanese which they need to know in order to pass examinations, including the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU). Furthermore, students are expected to obtain the ability, which they can take lessons or do researches in university or graduate school in the future.

 

 

 

 

About Academic Japanese for graduate students

We have Graduate School Preparatory Course and lessons for students who want to go to graduate school called “Academic Japanese for Graduate Students”.

The aim of the lesson is to obtain the skills which students need to have for passing entrance examinations and for doing researches at graduate school. For this reason, we have developed a textbook called “JISSEN KENKYU KEIKAKU SAKUSEI-HO (How to Write a Research Plan)” and use it in class.

 

 

Outline and sample of the textbook (PDF:143KB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students will learn the following techniques in the class of “Academic Japanese for graduate students”.

       - Information retrieval, computer literacy

       - How to write a research plan

       - What to prepare when applying for graduate school

       - How to give a presentation at seminar and how to have a question-and-answer session

       - Preparing for interview examinations

       - Preparing for written examinations

       - Writing theses

These lessons are appreciated by the graduates of our school and they said that the lessons have been very useful for passing entrance examinations and research activities in graduate school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese Language and Basic Subjects

Students will learn Japanese and basic subjects in Tokyo Japanese Language Education Center (TJLEC). However, class schedules will change by season.

At the beginning of the course, students will learn the Japanese language only. After they learn the Japanese to some extent, start learning basic subjects. All lessons are given by the Japanese language.

 

 

-Samples of schedules for a week (June for one and a half year course)

Graduate School Preparatory Course

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
1st Period	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese
2nd Period
3rd Period
Lunch hour
4th Period	Academic Japanese for graduate students	English	Academic Japanese for graduate students	Japanese	Academic Japanese for graduate students
5th Period				English
6th Period
7th Period	Japanese		Japanese		Japanese

 

University Preparatory Course - Natural Science

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
1st Period	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese
2nd Period
3rd Period
Lunch hour
4th Period	English	Physics	Chemistry	Mathematics	Japanese
5th Period					Mathematics
6th Period
7th Period	Japanese		Japanese		Japanese

 

University Preparatory Course - Liberal Arts

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
1st Period	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese	Japanese
2nd Period
3rd Period
Lunch hour
4th Period	Mathematics	Geography & History and Civics	English	Geography & History and Civics	Japanese
5th Period					Mathematics
6th Period
7th Period	Japanese		Japanese		Japanese

Independent Administrative Institution Japan Students Services Organization

Tokyo Japanese Language Education Center
Address: 3-22-7, Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo,169-0074, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3371-7267
E-mail: koumu@jasso.go.jp