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INTENSIVE JAPANESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE STUDIES IN OSAKA

Spring, Summer, Fall 2015

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[The language pledge] is wonderful for our Japanese. Personally I feel that my speaking skills have improved vastly in the past three weeks, but especially my listening skills. Suddenly, I can understand most of the mach-five Japanese the sensei has been throwing at us.

— Peter Wyckoff, Yale University, Osaka Summer 2013

CET Japan is about learning Japanese. Every part of the program targets language learning…the classes, the excursions, the activities, even the housing.

Visit a temple in Kyoto on a class excursion and interview the priests about the temple’s history and meaning.

Use a Japanese website to locate manga stores in the Umeda shopping district. Explore them with your local roommate.

Attend a Japanese-style pottery class, all with Japanese instruction.

Watch your favorite Japanese game show on TV with your local roommate.

Learning Japanese

at CET

Progress in a language opens many doors professionally, especially for someone interested in international work. Gaining an understanding of a new culture has also made me a more well-rounded person, and I’m better able to deal with the unexpected.

– Anonymous student evaluation, Osaka Fall 2013

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EXPLORING THE CITY Students rave about Osaka. They savor street food like takoyaki (octopus balls), quickly discover their favorite local bands, meet up with roommates for a night of karaoke, explore the Pokemon Center and try out a few phrases of Osaka dialect when chatting with local shop owners.

EXCURSIONS: SEEING ANOTHER SIDE OF JAPANTo get a breather from the bustle of the city, the program takes students and their roommates on excursions. They might visit Arima and enjoy a dip in hot springs after attempting the ropes course. Or they might head to Mie and tour a re-created Ninja village after spending a night in a minshuku (Japanese-style lodging).

LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR DAY-TO-DAY The 生活日本語 (Japanese in Daily Life) course jumpstarts the semester with language skills critical for living in Japan. Students might locate a pharmacy, shop at a supermarket or decipher a train map.

PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES & CLUBS The program gives students countless opportunities to get involved with the local community. For a class project, students might interview locals about Japan’s upcoming election. After class, they might visit the campus J-chat lounge for a round table discussion on Japanese soap operas. They might strike up a conversation with the teacher in the program’s sushi-making or kimono-try-on activities, or chat with their new friends from the campus a capella singing club.

OsakaLiving in

CET Japan students share apartments or houses with local roommates—Osaka Gakuin University students selected by CET to participate in the program. Part friends, part cultural mentors, roommates provide

instant insider’s access to the local community. Looking for the best cheap eats? Need help getting tickets to a kabuki show? Your roommate is there to help.

RoommatesJapanese

...I live in a house with two other American girls and three Japanese girls, and it has been ideal. Our home is spacious, well-furnished, and reasonably close to campus. However, what really makes the experience is how we bond over shared space…. More nights than not you will find us sitting around our dining room table, gossiping, snacking, studying, listening to music, or any combination of the above.

— Katie Courchaine, Lewis & Clark College, Osaka Spring 2013

“THE BEST PART OF THE PROGRAM” — CET alumni

PART 1: JAPANESE IN DAILY LIFE In the first week of the program, students learn the language skills necessary for daily life. They mail a package at the post office, navigate a train station, and conduct a web search with a Japanese search engine.

PART 2: INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION The pace is fast and the class flies through an entire textbook. Students typically have one hour of homework for every one hour of class time. Many assignments ask students to interact with locals outside the classroom.

PART 3: LANGUAGE PROJECTEach level completes an interview-based, out-of-classroom project. At the end of the semester, students present their projects to an audience of faculty, peers and community members.

Beginning through advanced levels. 180 hours. 11 credits.

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At Osaka Gakuin University. Taught in English or Japanese. Hours vary. 1 to 3 credits each.

SAMPLE COURSES

ONE SEMESTER = ONE YEAR OF JAPANESEThanks to the program’s intensive curriculum, limited Japanese language pledge, and housing shared with Japanese roommates, alumni report that they typically jump ahead at least one full year of Japanese after a semester with CET.

Japan’s Role in the Global Economy

Fine Arts & Performing Arts in Japan

Power of Japanese Pop Culture

Japanese History Through Film

Japanese Modern Design

spring or fall semesterAcademics in the

INTENSIVE JAPANESE

TWO TO THREE ELECTIVES

summer termSpend your

in JapanSkip a whole year of Japanese language after you return home.

The intensive summer program welcomes students with at least two previous semesters of undergraduate Japanese language study. Students adhere to a full-time language pledge.

INTENSIVE JAPANESEIntermediate through advanced levels. 160 hours. 9 credits.

PART 1: INTENSIVE INSTRUCTIONThe pace is fast and the class flies through an entire textbook. Students typically have one hour of homework for every one hour of class time. Many assignments ask students to interact with locals outside the classroom.

PART 2: LANGUAGE PROJECTEach level completes an interview-based, out-of-classroom project. At the end of the term, students present their projects to an audience of faculty, peers and community members.

CREDIT, TRANSCRIPTS & HOST UNIVERSITYCET partners with Osaka Gakuin University. CET and the partner institution issue official transcripts that list each course taken with the corresponding grade earned and hours attended. For more information about credits, transcripts, host universities, and program oversight and administration, visit the CET website at: www.cetacademicprograms.com.

ADMISSIONS PROCEDURESCET’s admissions requirements include an online application form, a transcript, a foreign language writing sample, one letter of recommendation and an application fee that is applied to the tuition balance upon acceptance. Some other materials, including a valid passport, may also be required depending on the program. CET is committed to providing equal opportunity to study abroad and does not discriminate. More information may be found online at: www.cetacademicprograms.com.

WHO IS CET?CET Academic Programs is a study abroad organization based in Washington, DC that has been designing and administering innovative educational programs abroad since 1982. Originally “China Educational Tours,” CET began operations in Beijing, later expanding to other cities in China and then to other countries around the world. Today, CET offers semester and summer study abroad programs in Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Tunisia and Vietnam, as well as short-term, customized programs worldwide. CET is known for high academic standards, innovative approaches to teaching and careful student management. CET programs integrate students into their overseas communities and lead them to create lasting relationships with their local hosts. CET is the only US provider to house its students with local roommates in each of its locations. As an environmentally conscientious organization, CET adopts locally appropriate measures in its centers worldwide to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to sustainable practices wherever possible. Staffed by over 50 full-time employees in the United States and overseas, CET currently sends around 1100 US students abroad annually.

PHOTO CREDITS: P1: Shelby Lake, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. P2: Luke Fisher, Maryland Institute of Art. P3 Bottom: Roxanne Davis, Lewis and Clark University. P5 Left: Katie Courchaine, Lewis and Clark College. Right: Holland Sangster, SOKA University of America. P7 Middle: Roxanne Davis, Lewis and Clark University. All other photos courtesy of CET staff.

SEMESTER SPRING 2015 SUMMER 2015 FALL 2015

Application Deadline 10/01/14 03/01/15 05/01/15

Program Length 17 weeks 8 weeks 17 weeks

Arrival Date 01/16/15 06/02/15 08/26/15

Departure Date 05/16/15 07/29/15 12/19/15

Program Fee $20,590 $8,990 $20,590

Recommended Credits 14 to 18 9 14 to 18

APPLY ONLINE www.cetacademicprograms.com

CONTACT US CET Academic Programs | 1920 N Street NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20036 1.800.225.4262 | cet@academic-travel.com | www.cetacademicprograms.com

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