TrainingIntensive Language Courses (ILC)
ILC 2025
In FY2025, training in Tok Pisin and Swahili Makunduchi dialects will be held in Tokyo, and training in Nos’i will be held in Osaka.
This training is a part of the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa’s Researcher Request Program, and is intended to help participants acquire local languages useful for field research and professional work in the Asia and Africa region.
This year, training in Tok Pisin and the Makunduchi dialect of Swahili will be held in Tokyo, and training in Nos’i will be held in Osaka.
Please refer to the “Application Guidelines(in Japanese)” for details on how to apply for the language training programs.
Attendance at the course guidance is required for TUFS students and students who are eligible for credit transfer. For details, please refer to the TUFS website.
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Tok Pisin
Venue:
Research Institute of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Dates:
August 29, 2025 – September 19, 2025 (excluding Saturday and Sunday. Total 75 hours)
Lecturers:
Shuntaro CHIDA and Rebecca Maniako
Makunduchi dialect of Swahili
Venue:
Research Institute of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Dates:
August 25, 2025 – September 12, 2025 (excluding Saturday and Sunday. Total 75 hours)
Lecturers:
Makoto FURUMOTO and Asha Abdulla Maisara
Nuosu
Venue:
Research Institute of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Dates:
August 18, 2025 – September 5, 2025 (excluding Saturday and Sunday. Total 75 hours)
Lecturers:
Norihiko HAYASHI and Shen Hong
About Intensive Language Courses
This program has offered intensive courses on various Asian and African languages since 1967.
The course deals with minority languages as well as national languages and/or official languages of Asian and African countries. A team of Japanese specialists and native speaker(s) instructs in each course with teaching materials they have edited. For a list of the textbooks employed in the past courses, please see Language Course Materials (in Japanese).
The expected participants are students and researchers who are pursuing Asian and African studies. They are expected to acquire not only language ability but also the expertise necessary to conduct field research and/or philological research.
The ILCAA Committee for Language Training, which consists of the instructors, ILCAA staff, and experts in language education from other institutes, organizes the courses by discussing teaching methods and implementation plans. The committee also evaluates each course after the courses have taken place.
Some courses are given at Osaka in cooperation with Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University. Students are selected from applicants nationwide for each course. On successful completion of the course, the students receive certificates from the Director of the Institute.