This class aims to improve listening and presentation skills in Japanese, and increase vocabulary for university life. Listening/ Reading: Understand the news, searching for the keywords. Read the newspaper to gain a further understanding of the TV news. Discuss the contents of the news. Summarize or write your opinion about the news. mini-speech/presentation: Choose an interesting piece of recent news and make a presentation. Kanji: one lesson will be introduced from the advanced 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.)
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand the TV news and summarize the content, 2) explain your own opinion about the news, 3) acquire the vocabulary for university life.
Japanese, kanji, news, Japanese society, Japanese culture
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 | |
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Class 1 | Kanji (1) learn how to read newspaper1 | Study Kanji |
Class 2 | learn how to read newspaper2 | Study Kanji |
Class 3 | Kanji(2) TV news and Newspaper1 | Kanji Quiz (1) |
Class 4 | TV news and Newspaper2 | Study Kanji |
Class 5 | Kanji (3) watch TV news and discussion | Kanji Quiz (2) |
Class 6 | watch TV news and discussion | Study Kanji |
Class 7 | Kanji (4) watch TV news and discussion | Kanji Quiz (3) |
Class 8 | watch TV news and discussion | Study Kanji |
Class 9 | Kanji (5) watch TV news and discussion | Kanji Quiz (4) |
Class 10 | watch TV news and discussion | Study Kanji |
Class 11 | Kanji (6) make a draft of a presentation "an interesting piece of recent news" | Kanji Quiz (5) |
Class 12 | make a draft of a presentation "an interesting piece of recent news" | Study Kanji |
Class 13 | final examination ( Kanji, the listening of TV news) | |
Class 14 | presentation (title: "an interesting piece of recent news") | |
Class 15 | prepare for the final presentation |
Kanji: SATO Naoko, SASAKI Satoko Ryugakuseinotameno kanji kyokasho high level 1000 kokusyoKankokai
Listening: Not specified. Handouts will be given in class
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
class performance(attendance/participation/homeworks/quiz)30%/midterm, final examination 50%/presentation 20%
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Japanese 2A(LAJ.T103)
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Japanese 1B(LAJ.T102), Introduction to Japanese 3B(LAJ.T106)
This course is opened only for Korea-Japan program students.