Japanese Language – Higher Studies and Employability in Japan
The Department of English and other Foreign Languages of SRMIST Ramapuram organised an Expert Talk for the First year B-Tech students (CSE & IT) titled ‘Japanese Language – Higher studies and Employability in Japan. The session began with the welcome address by the Head of the Department of English and other Foreign Languages, Dr. V Rema. Mr.G.Prabhakaran, Vice Principal Academics offered his felicitations. He threw light on various technological aspects which are very unique to the Japanese.
The Resource person, Ms Yuko Shimizu, General Manager at Hayakawa Japanese Language School & Cultural Center presented an informative session focussing on the many academic as well as professional avenues students learning Japanese as a foreign language could explore. The session also provided very precise methods and techniques that may be adopted to learn the Japanese language and culture. She reiterated that a sound knowledge of Japanese coupled with technical skills will open employability opportunities in Japan for an engineer. She also demonstrated a few nuances which are an integral part of Japanese culture. The students found the session very useful.