Course title
Intermediate Japanese   [Intermediate Japanese]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year   Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code SP50000002
Instructor(s)
本郷 智子   [HONGO Tomoko]
Facility affiliation Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
The objective of this course is to improve their Japanese knowledge and skills in all areas of everyday and academic life, developing the active use of their knowledge through a variety of tasks. The course includes group work and activities to share their thoughts and experiences in Japanese.

This course is offered to international students as a part of the Japanese language course of the Global Language and Cultural Studies.
Expected Learning
1. To acquire Japanese knowledge and skills in all areas of everyday and academic life.
2. To develop the active use of their knowledge through a variety of activities
Competency development: Communication skills, Presentation skills, Intercultural understanding
Course schedule
1. Grammar practice: Passive sentence
2. Grammar practice: Causative sentence
3. Grammar practice: Conditional sentence
4. Grammar practice: Quoted question
5. Grammar practice: Aspectual expression
6. Grammar practice: Completion of action
7. Grammar practice: Having an experience, Gradual change, Making decision & arrangement
8. Mid-term Examination/Summary
9. Summarizing short conversations or stories based on daily events or matters
10.Conversation practice in groups
11. Conversation practice: reflection
12.Small discussion; One-minute speech
13. Discussion
14. Talk show on student life in Japan
15. Final Examination/Summary
Prerequisites
This course carries 1 credit. In addition to 30 hours you spend in the class, and 10 hours in completing the essay task and presentation preparation, you are expected to prepare for, and review, the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University for each class, using the handouts and the reference books specified below.
Required Text(s) and Materials
TUAT original materials
References
Situational Functional Japanese (Tsukuba Language Group, BONJINSHA)
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
Japanese, Japanese culture, Listening, Speaking, Writing
Office hours
Thursaday 13:00-15:00
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
2/20/2019 11:39:43 AM