Course title
Advanced Japanese I   [Advanced Japanese I]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code SP50000003
Instructor(s)
本郷 智子   [HONGO Tomoko]
Facility affiliation Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning Office   Email address

Course description
The purpose of this course is to develop students' ability of reading and presentation skills for research activities. Students are expected to learn text structures, grammatical structures and expressions in academic Japanese, and to learn how to manage their presentation on scientific topics.
Expected Learning
1. To acquire reading and presentation skills for research activities
2. To acquire how to make their presentations on scientific topics
Competency development: Academic reading and writing skills, Academic presentation skills

Course schedule
1. Reading activities
・Reading materials which deal with academic matters
・Reading articles of newspaper
・Learning paragraph types, grammatical structures and expressions used in academic Japanese
・Writing an essay with a model structure used in reading materials
2. Presentation activities on scientific topics
・Learning basic expressions and structures for academic presentations
・Making slides and a script for the presentation
・Oral practice to speak effectively
・Giving a short presentation
3. Interview Project (group activities)
・Making a questionnaire
・Interviewing Japanese students
・Analyzing data
・Making slides and a script for the presentation
・Oral practice to speak effectively
・Giving a short presentation
4. Other activities
・Japanese song
Prerequisites
You re recommended to prepare for, and revise, the classes pending approximately 3 hours for each class.
Required Text(s) and Materials
・Japanese for International College/Graduate Students 1 - Reading comprehension, ALC
・Newspaper articles
・Handouts and materials given in class
References
Assessment/Grading
Class Performance 40%, Written tests (mid-term & final test) 20%, Oral tests (mid-term & final test) 20%, Assignments 20%
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
10/2/2018 4:46:11 PM