Syllabus EALC 422: Advanced Readings in Japanese I

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USC EALC 413: Business Japanese Maymester 2018 1 EALC 413 Business Japanese Course Schedule Maymester 2018 Wk Venue Day Class activities 1 - Course Introduction - Review of honorific expressions USC 5/14 M - Case Study model: Coca Cola Japan - Formal self-introduction USC 5/15 T - Case Study model: Coca Cola Japan - Bowing, exchanging business cards USC 5/16 W - Case Study model: Coca Cola Japan - Manners of office visit 1 USC 5/17 Th - Case Study model: Coca Cola Japan - Individual Project consultation USC 5/18 F - Case Study Project (group) 5/19 Sat No Class 5/20 Sun No Class 2 - Manners of office visit 2 - Case Study model: Nintendo USC 5/21 M - Case Study Project: group consulting - Manner at business party USC 5/22 T - Case Study model: Nintendo - Finding Job in Japan USC 5/23 W - Case Study model: Nintendo - Review of business language use USC 5/24 Th - Case Study Project (group) - Case Study Project (group) USC 5/25 F 5/26 Sat No Class Depart from LAX LAX > 5/27 Sun - NH 175 LAX (11:45) > NRT (15:25_5/28) USC EALC 413: Business Japanese Maymester 2018 2 3 NH 2177 NRT (17:00) > ITM (18:20) > ITM 5/28 M Airport > Hotel (Hotel Hewitt Koshien) PM Class: Presentations Campus Tour Kobe Univ. 5/29 Tu Welcome Dinner AM Visit Kobe Shimbun PM Visit Kikumasamune Kobe 5/30 W Class Dinner AM Visit Hanshin Tigers PM Koshien Stadium tour Nishinomiya 5/31 Th Baseball Game (Hanshin Tigers vs. SoftBank Hawks) AM Class: Presentations Kobe Univ. 6/1 F PM Talk session with students from Oxford University No class activities 6/2 St A Day with RAC (RoterAct Club) Osaka 6/3 Sn 4 No class activities 6/4 M AM Visit Aashi Hoosoo TV Osaka Univ. 6/5 Tu PM The Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation AM Visit Hasegawa Kogyo Osaka 6/6 W PM Visit Elecom No class activities 6/7 Th AM Individual Project Presentations Osaka 6/8 F AM 11:00 Submission deadline of all assignments PM “Working in Japan” panel session Osaka 6/9 St Dinner with the panelists and RAC 18:00 - Class Farewell diner Kobe 6/10 Sn 5 Hotel check out by 10:00. End of course Nishinomiya 6/11 M USC EALC 413: Business Japanese Maymester 2018 3 .

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