Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Law Law Evening Course
Lecture Code	F0034550	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	外国書講読（英語）
Subject Name （Katakana）	ガイコクショコウドク（エイゴ）
Subject Name in English	Reading Foreign Languages(English)
Instructor	KANAMOTO YUTA
Instructor (Katakana)	カナモト　ユウタ
Campus	Higashi-Senda	Semester/Term	2nd-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Tues9：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M203, (1st) Tues10：Higashi-Senda Meeting Rm 4-6
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
			discussion, student presentations
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sociology
Eligible Students	2nd year students
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Law and Politics （Abilities and Skills） ・To be able to organize and analyze materials and information related to social science, and to be aware of problems.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Through reading and discussion of sociological literature written in English, this class aims to grasp the reality of Western societies from a sociological perspective, to grasp research trends in sociology in the Western world, and to deepen understanding of the findings by comparing them with the reality of Japanese society.
Class Schedule	lesson1　Orientation lesson2　Literature report and discussion lesson3　Literature report and discussion lesson4　Literature report and discussion lesson5　Literature report and discussion lesson6　Literature report and discussion lesson7　Literature report and discussion lesson8　Literature report and discussion lesson9　Literature report and discussion lesson10　Literature report and discussion lesson11　Literature report and discussion lesson12　Literature report and discussion lesson13　Literature report and discussion lesson14　Literature report and discussion lesson15　Class Summary
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Literature will be discussed in class. (At this time, we are considering taking several open access English-language papers.)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Other (see [More Details])
	(More Details)	Student-created reporting resumes
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Preparation: Please read through the relevant literature even if you are not in charge of the report. Review: Be aware of using the knowledge learned through the literature report and discussion to deepen your own awareness of issues and interest in social trends.
Requirements	Please avoid using translation software. Please read the literature with an awareness of what concepts and terms are used in English for analysis and discussion.
Grading Method	The overall approach to the literature report and discussion will be judged.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Through this class, we hope to not only deepen our understanding of sociology and social conditions in the Western world, but also learn about the realities and characteristics of Japanese society through comparison.
Other
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