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Japanese
フィンドレー大学日本語プログラムへようこそ！
The goal of the Japanese program at The University of Findlay is to help you develop culturally appropriate communication skills which will enable you to do what you would like to do in Japanese. Our instruction strongly emphasizes functional use of the language in culturally appropriate manners.
Your learning will take place in and outside the classrooms. You will practice your language:
- In class
- On-campus activities with Japanese students
- Activities with the Findlay area Japanese community members
- Study abroad and internship programs in Japan (short or up to a year)
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Dr. Christopher Thompson, chair
of the department of linguistics at Ohio University spoke about his observation of a local Japanese
community on the Rikuchu Coast, where he volunteered following the disaster.
Kuninori Matsuda,
consul general of Japan in Detroit as well as several community leaders were also on hand for the event.
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There are approximately 350 Japanese speakers in the Findlay area, and you will do various things with them. We also have strong ties with Japan. We are affiliated with some large educational institutions, several universities, companies, and language schools in Japan. Every semester, you will find some of our students studying and/or working in Japan.
Some of our graduates work in Japan as well as in Japanese companies located in the US. Some of our graduates became teachers of Japanese in the US and teachers of English in Japan.
We offer a major, minor, and a teaching license (K-12, Ohio).
Pursue your personal and professional dreams with Japanese as an added skill!
一緒にがんばりましょう！！
(Let's pursue your dreams together!)
Kenneth (Mike) Gillum and
Justin Wheeler, students at The
University of Findlay, were selected
as finalists for the Japan-American
Society of Central Ohio’s (JASCO)
13th Annual Japanese Language
Speech Contest at The Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio.
Gillum, of Chillicothe, earned
first place in the competition. He is
a junior majoring in Japanese. From Kenton, Wheeler is a junior
majoring in Japanese.
To enter the 2012 Japanese Language Speech Contest, participants were required to write an original, three-minute speech in Japanese, practice it and record it on tape. | 
Mike Gillum and Justin Wheeler pose for a
photo at the JASCO Japanese Language
Speech Contest on March 3. |
A manuscript written in Japanese also was required with each submission.
Only high school and college students studying Japanese, who have
not lived in Japan for more than six months and do not come from
homes where Japanese is spoken, were eligible for the competition.
University and high school finalists competed separately.
According to HiroakiKawam ura, Ph.D., chair of the department of language and culture and associate professor of Japanese, all students of the Japanese program who have studied Japanese for more than one year are strongly encouraged to participate in the speech contest because the process is more important than the result.
The experience of writing the speech in Japanese and practicing reading it out loud is beneficial in the learning process. UF students have been represented in the final competition in each of the last six years. During the March 3 competition, finalists were required to deliver their memorized speeches in Japanese on a stage in front of an audience. That was followed by a non-rehearsed question-and-answer session with the judges. The experience of writing the speech in Japanese and practicing reading it out loud is beneficial
in the learning process. UF students have been represented in the final competition in each of the last six years.
During the March 3 competition, finalists were required to deliver their memorized speeches in Japanese on a stage in front of an audience. That was followed by a non-rehearsed question-and-answer session with the judges.
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