2018 Topic Oriented Japanese 42: Listening comprehension for news 4QA

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Academic unit or major
Japanese language and culture courses
Instructor(s)
Yamanaka Miyako 
Class Format
Exercise     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue7-8(W112)  
Group
4QA
Course number
LAJ.T442
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2018/3/23
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course consists of lectures and exercises on Japanese. While listening to the Japanese news, students will learn how to listen to and to discuss its contents.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to: 1) catch the keyword while listening, 2) understand the main points in each paragraph , 3) discuss the impressions and opinions.

Keywords

Japanese, listening, lecture, news, keyword, main point, discussion

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Every lesson contains listening comprehension and group discussion of Japanese. The first half of the course deals with lecture and the second half treats news as a subject.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Listening lecture 1 Practice to listen to the lecture in voice only.
Class 2 Listening lecture 2 Practice to listen to the lecture in voice only.
Class 3 Listening news 1 Practice to listen to the news in voice only.
Class 4 Listening news 2 Practice to listen to the lecture in voice only.
Class 5 Listening news 3 Practice to listen to the news in video and to discuss its contents.
Class 6 Exercises: Making the report of the news Practice to listen to the news in video and to discuss its contents.
Class 7 Examination: Presentation of the report Present your report.

Textbook(s)

Not specified.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified.

Assessment criteria and methods

Assessment will be conducted based on student's attendance(20%), home work(30%) , small test(10%), presentation(20%), a final report(20%).

Related courses

  • LAJ.T441 : Topic Oriented Japanese 41: Practice for the Japanese pronunciation

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

No prerequisite. Only for international students who have high intermediate level of Japanese skills.

Other

You must reserve your seat of this class in advance using Japanese class online system (http://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web). You will not be allowed to take a seat without your reservation.

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