Minor Programme in Japanese for Business Communication

• Code:	72019-ZJC
  Mode:	UGC-funded
  No. of Credits Required:	18

• Programme Aims:

  The minor programme is designed to enable students to acquire lower-intermediate proficiency in four skills of Japanese language (speaking, listening, reading and writing), to develop their critical awareness and understanding of basic Japanese business concepts, and to acquire Japanese communication strategies in multilingual business contexts.
  
  It aims to enable students to appropriately and effectively apply their Japanese skills and knowledge in a variety of communicative situations, especially in business contexts. It will help students to raise their awareness and understanding of IT-mediated Japanese written communication in multilingual workplaces. It also aims to enhance students¡¦ awareness in multi-literacy and multilingualism in Chinese, English and Japanese, in various multilingual business contexts.

• Programme Outcomes:

  Students who have fulfilled the minor requirements will:
  
  1. understand and be able to articulate the major theoretical concepts and issues related to Japanese communication in multilingual workplaces;
  2. develop basic knowledge about cultural norms underlying business communication in Japanese;
  3. acquire lower-intermediate proficiency in four skills in Japanese (speaking, listening, reading and writing) required for everyday office communication;
  4. apply effectively and appropriately the knowledge and skills to communicatite in Japanese in various business contexts;
  5. be able to apply the necessary skills to conceptualise and appropriately access IT-mediated Japanese business texts in Japanese, by critically utilising their linguistic knowledge of L1 (Chinese) and L2 (English);
  6. become familiar with various communication and negotiation strategies to solve or prevent interaction problems; and
  7. be able to reflect, and critically appreciate the socio-cultural and socio-economic issues in Japanese communication in multilingual work places.

• Admission Information:

  Students who have no knowledge of the language have to take CBS206 before proceeding to a higher level subject. Students who have previously learned the language should take a placement test which is administered by the Department of CBS.

• Programme Officers:

  Dr TERUYA Kazuhiro
  Email: ctteruya@inet.polyu.edu.hk
  Tel: 2766-7446
  

• Curriculum:

  Students are required to take 4 compulsory subjects (12 credits) and 2 elective subjects (6 credits) for claiming the Minor award.
  
  

  Subject Code	Subject Title	No of Credits
  Compulsory Subjects
  CBS206	Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction I	3
  CBS325	Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction II	3
  CBS476	Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction III	3
  CBS477	Comprehensive Japanese for Business Interaction IV	3
  Elective Subjects
  CBS207	Office Communication in Japanese I	3
  CBS326	Office Communication in Japanese II	3
  CBS478	Accessing IT-mediated Japanese Business Texts	3
  CBS479	Japanese Communication in Multilingual Business Contexts	3