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- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive (W114)
- Group
- KJ
- Course number
- LAJ.T103
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/3/17
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
This class aims to improve listening and presentation skills in Japanese, and increase vocabulary for university life.
Listening: Understand the TV news, searching for the keywords. Discuss the contents of the news. Summarize the news or write your opinion about the news in each class．
Mini-speech／presentation: Make a presentation "My news", using the expressions and the structure of TV news.
Kanji: Two lessons will be introduced from the intermediate kanji textbook and a small quiz is given in the next class. (minimum pass mark 80%, if you fail, you must take a make-up exam.)
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand the TV news and summarize the content, 2) explain your opinion about the news, 3) acquire the vocabulary for university life.
Keywords
Japanese, kanji, news, Japanese society, Japanese culture
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
In each class students will watch the TV news and discuss about the contents. At the end of the class, it is required to write a summary or an opinion.
Every lesson there is a kanji quiz, and students should prepare for the quiz.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | kanji (1) learn the expressions and structure of news (1) | Study kanji |
| Class 2 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | Study kanji |
| Class 3 | kanji (2) learn the expressions and structure of news (2) | Kanji Quiz (1) |
| Class 4 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | Study kanji |
| Class 5 | kanji (3) learn the expressions and structure of news (3) | Kanji Quiz (2) |
| Class 6 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | Study kanji |
| Class 7 | kanji (4) learn the expressions and structure of news (4) | Kanji Quiz (3) |
| Class 8 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | Study kanji |
| Class 9 | kanji (5) learn the expressions and structure of news (5) | Kanji Quiz (4) |
| Class 10 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | Study kanji |
| Class 11 | kanji (6) learn the expressions and structure of news (6) | Kanji Quiz (5) |
| Class 12 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the content | Study kanji |
| Class 13 | midterm examination (kanji /the listening of TV news) make a draft of a presentation "My news" | Prepare draft for presentation |
| Class 14 | make a draft of a presentation "My news" | Prepare draft for presentation |
| Class 15 | presentation |
Textbook(s)
Kanji: SATO Naoko, SASAKI Satoko Ryugakuseinotameno kanji kyokasho intermediate level 700 kokusyoKankokai
Listening: Not specified. Handouts will be given in class
Reference books, course materials, etc.
SEGAWA Yumi, KAMIYA Sachiko, KITAMURA Sadayuki News no Nihongo chokai 500 3A network
SEGAWA Yumi, KAMIYA Sachiko, KITAMURA Sadayuki Chukyu kara hajimeru Nyusu no Nihongo chokai 40 3A network
Mizutani shu, Mizutani Nobuko Shimbun de manabu Nihongo The Japan Times
Assessment criteria and methods
class performance(attendance/participation/homeworks/quiz)30%／midterm, final examination 50%／presentation 20%
Related courses
- LAJ.T101:Introduction to Japanese 1A
- LAJ.T105 ： Introduction to Japanese 3A
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Japanese 1A(LAJ.T101), Introduction to Japanese 3A (LAJ.T105)
Other
This class is opened only for Korea-Japan program students.
