Course title
日本語Ⅱ   [Japanese Ⅱ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 05cf0021
Instructor(s)
伊藤 夏実   [ITO Natsumi]
Facility affiliation Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
This course is designed for the students who have little experience of studying Japanese.
It helps learners acquire basic communication skills needed in Japanese academic life during their stay in Japan. The participants are also expected to learn the general knowledge about Japan and skills for the further Japanese study. The course includes group work and activities to share their thoughts and experiences in Japanese.
Expected Learning
1. To acquire basic understanding of Japanese sentence structure, vocabulary and discourse patterns which enable them to carry out everyday conversation.
2. To understand general knowledge about Japan.
Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
1. Orientation, Writing system (Hiragana and Katakana), Online-self-learning tool
2. Describing events non-past/past verbs/adjectives
3. Asking about unknown words, Expression of request /
Verb conjugations (-te form, -ta form, -nai form & dictionary form)
4. Time expressions Verb -tai form
5. Asking for Permission
6. Selecting items/ Comparison between two things
7. Selecting items/ Comparison among many things
8. Feedback on the assignments, Review
Mid-term Examination
9. Stating reasons/ Complex sentences
10. Describing things/ ~は~がstructure
11. Giving advice
12. Giving detailed information by using relative clause
13. Giving and Receiving expressions
14. Verb potential form
15. Final Examination
  Presentation
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: Structual Patterns; Vocabulary sheets
References
Situational Funational Japansese Vol.1 NOTES
Assessment/Grading
Class Performance 40%: to evaluate classroom performance, utterance, participation
Written tests (mid-term & final test) 20%: to access grammatical knowledge and reading and writing skills
Oral tests (mid-term & final test) 20%: to access oral performance and communicative competence
Assignments 20%: to evaluate outside class performance



Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Japanese, Japanese culture, interaction, communication, tasks
Office hours
Wednesday 15:00-16:30 or by appointment
Remarks 1
Please check the google classroom of this course for the changes in schedule due to the coronavirus situation.
Remarks 2
Related URL
Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
5/18/2020 6:12:09 PM