Business Japanese and Business Manner

By Prof. Vatsala Misra, Prof. Yumiko Furuichi | IIT Kanpur, University of Tokyo

Learners enrolled: 1004 | Exam registration: 50

ABOUT THE COURSE: Variations in verbs, expressions to be used, etc. depending upon the relative social (or professional) ‘positions’ of the speaker and the listener is something unique to the Japanese language. Also, the formal and informal patterns of communication are quite different. Understanding these aspects of the language is often a challenge to a student of Japanese and make it difficult for him/her to effectively communicate in a business environment. This course has been designed in the above backdrop to explain basic concepts of Business Japanese communication and business etiquette to help foreigners work in Japanese companies or with Japanese colleagues.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

University students of all backgrounds interested to learn about Japanese language and business etiquette.
Professionals from companies already working in Japan or with Japanese companies in India, desirous of understanding the backdrop to what they may see (or have seen)
Professionals planning to work with Japanese companies or do business in Japan

PREREQUISITES: There are no ‘pre-requisites’ in terms of degrees or qualification, but a basic knowledge of Japanese language (say the level of N5, in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test conducted by the Japan Foundation) is expected.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: As mentioned above, all (Indian or foreign) companies already working in Japan or with Japanese companies desirous of understanding the backdrop to what they may see (or have seen) and those planning to work with Japanese companies or do business in Japan will benefit from the program. In the Indian context, there are several companies in the auto, and IT sector that will find value in the program, other than companies associated with specific projects, e.g. the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	16 Aug 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	22 Sep 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:

1. Self-introduction in Business environment

2. Greetings in Business environment.

3. Making requests orally in Business environment.

Week 2:

4. Seek permission in business environment and formal situations.

5. Receiving and making phone calls in business environment and formal situations.

Week 3:

6. Leaving and receiving formal messages in business environment and formal situations.

7. Expressions used at the start and at the end of formal business meetings.

Week 4:

8. Introduction to formal written communication - emails, notices, requests.

9. Introduction to formal written communication - expressing regret and gratitude.

10. Introduction to writing a CV and job applications.

Books and references

日本語文型辞典（1998）くろしお出版
日本語文法ハンドブック（2001）スリーエーネットワーク
晶子、大木理恵、小松由佳(2005) 『Writing E-mail in Japanese』 The Japan Times
岩澤みどり、海老原恭子（2006）『日本企業への就職』アスク出版
English translation of above titles:
Japanese Sentence Pattern Dictionary (1998) Kuroshio Publishing
Japanese Grammar Handbook (2001) 3A Network
Akiko Yan, Rie Oki, Yuka Komatsu (2005) “Writing E-mail in Japanese” The Japan Times
Midori Iwasawa, Kyoko Ebihara (2006) “Employment at a Japanese Company” Ask Publishing

Instructor bio

Prof. Vatsala Misra

IIT Kanpur

Prof. Vatsala Misra has taught Japanese at the Foreign Language Programme of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for almost 30 years. Besides a 40-lecture course under the NPTEL scheme of the Government of India, she has created two courses (Basic and Advanced Basic levels) for Japanese learning under the MOOCS scheme and a similar course for basic Japanese language learning in Hindi under the Swayam Prabha scheme. She has also developed short tailor-made courses for working professionals and new entrants in a Japanese company.

Prof. Yumiko Furuichi

University of Tokyo

Prof. Yumiko Furuichi works at the University of Tokyo and leads a team of Japanese language teaching faculty at the Japanese Language class of the School of Engineering, responsible for Japanese language instruction to foreign students. She has more than 25 years of experience in Japanese language instruction and has worked extensively to develop modules for specific purposes in business and advanced Japanese. Her research interests include corpus studies of spoken language in science and engineering,and the international exchange aimed for multicultural understanding.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 22 September 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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