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School of Environment and Society
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- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
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- Liberal arts and basic science courses
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Saito Chigusa
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Tue5-6(W113)
- Group
- A
- Course number
- LAJ.T422
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2016
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2016/4/27
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
This course is for students who have already completed elementary Japanese. We aim to improve the skill of logical presentation in lower intermediate Japanese.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: 1) improve accuracy in grammar, 2) develop appropriate expressions, 3) learn how to provide a comprehensible and consistent explanation. The most important thing is that after 7 weeks, each of you would have achieved your own goal and feel your speaking skills have improved.
Keywords
accuracy, appropriateness, comprehensibility, consistency
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
We will practice presentation and speech-making on familiar subjects. Speaking logically and precisely in your own words is important. Grammatical items and vocabulary would be introduced as necessary. Homework will be assigned.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Mock interview 1 | preparation for a mock interview: writing answeres to sample questions |
| Class 2 | Mock interview 2 | |
| Class 3 | Social problem 1 | writing a speech "Social problem in my country" |
| Class 4 | Social problem 2 | |
| Class 5 | Introducing a friend 1 | writing a speech "Social problem in my country" |
| Class 6 | Introducing a friend 2 | selecting and revising a speech you've made in the previous lessons to make the final speech |
| Class 7 | Final speech | |
| Class 8 | Feedback |
Textbook(s)
Not specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified
Assessment criteria and methods
You will need over 60% to pass this course: attendance 70%, is mandatory; class contribution and assignments 30%, quiz/presentation 70%.
Related courses
- LAJ.T421 : Topic Oriented Japanese 21
- LAJ.J421 : Intermediate Japanese 1
- LAJ.J422 : Intermediate Japanese 2
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisite. Only for international students who have elementary level of Japanese skills.
