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- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Nishibe Yuka
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Thr3-6(W114)
- Group
- KJ
- Course number
- LAJ.T103
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2019
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2019/3/18
- 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. Summarize it or write your opinion on it in each class．
Mini-speech/presentation: make a presentation "My news" using the expressions and the structure of the latest TV news.
Kanji: we will learn two lessons of kanji practice from the intermediate kanji textbook with small quizzes in the following classes. (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, first, students will study the expressions and the structure of news. and watch the TV news and discuss the contents. In the end, it is required to write a summary or an opinion as homework.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | kanji (1) learn the expressions and structure of news (1) | kanji Quiz(2) |
| Class 2 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | summarize today's news |
| Class 3 | kanji (2) learn the expressions and structure of news (2) | Kanji Quiz (3) |
| Class 4 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | summarize today's news |
| Class 5 | kanji (3) learn the expressions and structure of news (3) | Kanji Quiz (4) |
| Class 6 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | summarize today's news |
| Class 7 | kanji (4) learn the expressions and structure of news (4) | Kanji Quiz (5) |
| Class 8 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | summarize today's news |
| Class 9 | kanji (5) learn the expressions and structure of news (5) | Kanji Quiz (6) |
| Class 10 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the contents | summarize today's news |
| Class 11 | kanji (6) learn the expressions and structure of news (6) | Kanji Quiz (7) |
| Class 12 | watch TV news and discuss/ summarize the content | summarize today's news |
| Class 13 | midterm examination (kanji /the listening of TV 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
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.
