Lecturer’s own Japanese language syllabus a big success

Successful combination: UTM’s Kumaraguru (first row, third from left) with Chuo University lecturers and students of both universities giving the thumbs up to the joint cultural programme in Skudai, Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: A Universiti Tekno­logi Malaysia senior lecturer’s home-brewed syllabus to help his students master the Japanese language has borne fruit.

The high pass rate in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) has helped some of his students earn scholarships and even land jobs in Japan, and the university itself to be made a JLPT examination centre as well as a bridge for cultural exchange.