My summer term schedule

written on Mon 17 April 2017

by Lukas

※ This table discusses my schedule in summer term 2017/2018. My courses do not differ between the quarters.

Compared to last semester, this semester’s schedule is quite easy. I got accepted for the Intensive Japanese course, which allows me to do a lot of Japanese, a tiny bit Mathematics and lots of Aikidō. Or at least that is the plan. The intensive course is worth pointing out, because it did not work out last semester and therefore I had to find alternatives. Only 10 people are accepted per intensive course per level. But now, the pre-recognition at University of Graz is in progress and I am looking forward to a semester, where I want to:

improve my Japanese skills a lot
take an Aikidō exam
finish my bachelor thesis in Mathematics

However, I have to make a sacrifice. It worked out nicely last semester spending one day of the week on sightseeing. However, this semester, I am too busy to continue this effort and I generally terminate this concept. I will focus on spending some time in the park, follow events of my Aikidō club and study hard. As such I will only occassionally go for sightseeing and will postpone most of the actions to next summer.

Table 1. My schedule in summer 2017/2018 as Kobe University exchange student
	Monday, 月曜日	Tuesday, 火曜日	Wednesday, 水曜日	Thursday, 木曜日	Friday, 金曜日	Saturday, 土曜日	Sunday, 日曜日
07:20-07:30	Get up, stretch	Get up, stretch	Get up, stretch	Get up, stretch	Get up, stretch	Sleeping	Sleeping
07:30-07:40	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Sleeping	Sleeping
07:50-08:45	Commuting	Commuting	Commuting	Commuting	Commuting	Get up	Get up
08:50-10:20	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Upper Elementary Japanese Listening	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Free	Free
10:40-12:10	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Upper Elementary Japanese Speaking	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese	Free	Free
12:10-13:20	Lunch time	Lunch time	Lunch time	Lunch time	Lunch time	Aikidō	Free
13:20-14:50	Going home	Upper Elementary Japanese Writing	Bachelor thesis seminar	Upper Elementary Japanese Reading	Japanese Kanji and Vocabulary B	Aikidō	Free
15:10-15:30	Free	At university	Going home	At university	At university	Aikidō	Free
15:30-16:40	Free	At university	Free	At university	Aikidō	Aikidō	Free
17:00-17:40	Free	Aikidō	Free	Aikidō	Aikidō	Going home	Free
17:40-19:00	Free	Aikidō	Free	Aikidō	Aikidō	Free	Free
19:00-19:45	Free	Aikidō	Free	Aikidō	Going home	Free	Free
19:45-20:30	Free	Going home	Free	Going home	Free	Free	Free
20:30-23:59	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free

I like numbers. So let’s talk about statistics:

In the 1st semester, I spent 12 periods in class after dropping 2 periods. This semester, I spend 14 periods in class. One period is exactly 1.5 hours.
In the 1st semester, I spent 7 periods in classes I consider as language acquisition (58%). I spent 2 periods on Japanese culture (17%). 2 periods on extracurricular topics (17%). 1 period on Mathematics (8%). This semester, I spend 13 periods on language acquisition (93%) and 1 period on Mathematics (7%).
So I spent 18 hours a week in class. In average, I was in the Aikidō Dōjō on 3 days a week for about 2.5 hours. That’s 7.5 hours in class. And in average I spent about 4-5 hours per week on sightseeing. That makes 60% university, 25% Aikidō and 15% sightseeing. Now, I spend 21 hours in classes. I am going to spend 4 days a week in the Aikidō Dōjō for about 3 hours each (12 hours per week in total). And there are no plans to do sightseeing regularly. So 64% language acquisition and 36% Aikidō.

がんばって！(engl. Let’s go for it! Let’s do this!)

※ "At university" means I study at university. I study Kanji, write my bachelor thesis or revise WaniKani.
※ "Free" means I study, eat, shower, tidy up my room or organize my life. Sometimes I have video conferences.
※ "Going home" takes me ~40 minutes and most of the time, I visit the supermarket before going home. This takes me further 15 minutes.
※ Lunch time means eating at university (LANSBOX Vege Dining cafeteria), chatting with Martina and going back to studying until the next class begins.
※ My "Intensive Upper Elementary Japanese" class covers grammar, vocabulary and interactive exercises of みんなの日本語 book 2 and maybe a little bit more, but this is not scheduled yet.