JAPN 420: Maximizing Study Abroad
Your study abroad experience is potentially a rich opportunity for you to enhance your language skills and deepen your understanding of other cultures, people and their practices. This course provides the resources to help you prepare for your study abroad experiences. This course is taught in English
Reflective Narrative
This course is designed to get the most out of my study abroad experience. It not only taught me some of what I should expect after arriving in Japan but it showed me how to deal with possible personal issues such as culture shock. We took time to work on our personal statements to our study abroad universities for our applications and also had an opportunity to speak with our peers who have already completed study abroad. We also practiced how to upload photos for LESCANT (language, enviroment, social-organization, context, authority, non-verbal and time), which would serve as a way for us to think critically about the Japanese Culture during our trip.
Example Work:
J.F. Oberlin Personal Statement
Reflective Narrative
This course is designed to get the most out of my study abroad experience. It not only taught me some of what I should expect after arriving in Japan but it showed me how to deal with possible personal issues such as culture shock. We took time to work on our personal statements to our study abroad universities for our applications and also had an opportunity to speak with our peers who have already completed study abroad. We also practiced how to upload photos for LESCANT (language, enviroment, social-organization, context, authority, non-verbal and time), which would serve as a way for us to think critically about the Japanese Culture during our trip.
Example Work:
J.F. Oberlin Personal Statement