Japanese Language, Asian Literature, and Careers in Japan

[John Mertz]

Dear Japan Club and Nihongo Club members: I'm writing to self-advertise two courses that are presently under-enrolled and under threat of cancellation if more students don't sign up within the next three days. The third item regards the Boston Career Forum, a yearly affair designed to recruit employees to Japanese companies.
Best, --- John Mertz (NCSU)

1. FL 495 Modern Japanese Language Structure: The course is intended for any student of Japanese up through advanced levels. It is assumed that students will have at least some prior exposure to the language, and be able to read hiragana, katakana, and some kanji. The course is intended for students who desire to: (a) understand how Japanese language is structured at an advanced level; (b) prepare for self-study of texts with average high school or college level complexity; (c) teach language (e.g., Japanese to English speakers, or vice versa); and/or (d) use their knowledge of Japanese for further study of linguistics. The course will examine the major structural components of modern Japanese, with special emphasis on syntax, phonology, and language-learning issues. Syllabus available on request.

2. FL 224 Contemporary World Literature II: "Tarzan meets Godzilla: Representations of Imperialism in the Literature of Asia and the World." Issues of colonialism, war, capitalism, migration, technology, and identity in the novels of Burroughs, Orwell, Naipaul, Natsume Soseki, Aravind Adiga, Vu Trong Phung, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Lu Xun and others. Fulfills NCSU GEP Requirements of Humanities, Global Knowledge. Syllabus available on request.

3. The Boston Career Forum will be held Nov. 7-9, 2014; the Los Angeles Career Forum will be held Oct. 4-5, 2014. The website to register is www.careerforum.net. The organizers (Disco International) can also be contacted at 212-403-6840. In previous years, the basic "right of entry" has been contingent on whether you can tell them in Japanese that you wish to attend (they say it is for E-J bilingual applicants, but given the present job market in Japan they may be even more lenient; also, they used to offer full travel and lodging fees, but I don't know where that stands lately).

[Stephen Qualls]

Hello Mr. Mertz and to all at NCState Nihongo Club:

I feel passionate and interested in improving my Japanese Conversation Skills with other Japanese speakers and exchange students. Are there any weekly meetings that the Club will organize? If so, when and what times?

I'm intermediate in my Japanese proficiency. The problem is, there is not many people to have a conversation and therefore my skills have lagged recently. It would be great to utilize my Japanese for a specific purpose. My goal for the long term is to work and live in Japan.

Thank you so much and I look forward to meeting all of you!

- Stephen

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