Understanding University Lectures in Japanese

[verdastelo]

You might want to take a look at the 留学生のための専門講義の日本語, a series of lectures for those whose interests span the humanities, particularly Japanese, and the natural sciences. The lectures and their accompanied PDF files are designed for foreigners studying in Japan but you can work with them to learn or improve your academic Japanese. They cover nine fields:

1. Law and Politics
2. Economics
3. Education and Psychology
4. Mathematics
5. Physics
6. Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
7. Mechanical Engineering
8. Civil Engineering and Architecture
9. Agricultural Science

More free resources are available on the International Language Center of Nagoya University.

Once you are done, you can challenge yourself further by enrolling in and completing one or more of the dozens of courses by Japanese universities on literature, history, data science, or IoT on JMOOC.

Wish I was studying Japanese as well. But that will be me going greedy.

[tsuyoshi]

These lectures (which seem to all include video, slides, and transcripts) look very useful for those at an advanced level of Japanese.

I would also note that, following your "more free resources" link, there are two complete volumes of an intermediate Japanese course available (1 and 2), with a lot of material.

There is a beginning Japanese course as well, but it looks like only the audio, along some web-based grammar and kanji practice exercises are available on their site. Not so useful without the textbook (which, according to the site, can be ordered from several booksellers in Japan).