TITLE:
An Analysis of Japanese Majors’ Cognition on Academic Paper Writing Courses and Academic Ability Cultivation
AUTHORS:
Tao Zhai
KEYWORDS:
Japanese Major, Academic Paper Writing, Academic Ability Cultivation, Cognitive Research, Curriculum Optimization
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.13 No.8,
August
22,
2025
ABSTRACT: Against the background of the need for the transformation of Japanese majors under the construction of “New Liberal Arts”, this paper addresses the gap in research on academic paper writing in Japanese majors within foreign language disciplines. Taking 93 undergraduates majoring in Japanese from a comprehensive university in Zhejiang Province as the research object, it explores their cognition of academic paper writing courses and academic research ability cultivation. Using a questionnaire survey, the study employs SPSS 26.0 for descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis, focusing on course cognition, academic ability cultivation cognition, and their correlation. The results show that students recognize the value of academic paper courses in cultivating academic thinking and writing norms, but have insufficient understanding of the connection between courses and professional goals, with a gap between actual and expected gains. Students generally consider it necessary to cultivate academic research abilities, among which the ability to identify research problems is most valued, yet they are dissatisfied with the current cultivation status. There is a significant positive correlation between course cognition and academic ability cultivation cognition, especially the mutual promotion between the improvement of logical reasoning ability and data analysis ability. This study aims to provide empirical evidence for optimizing the academic paper course system for Japanese undergraduates and facilitate the transformation of Japanese majors towards a “research-innovative” model.