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2024　Japanese seminar 2: Listening comprehension 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.)
-
Group
4QA
Course number
LAJ.T442
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course will provide lectures and exercises on listening comprehension of the news. The aim of this course is to help students learn how to listen to the news and explain its contents. Online classes will be streamed live via Zoom, and the instructor will check each student's progress individually during the class.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) catch the keyword through listening;
2) understand the main points in each paragraph through listening;
3) explain the content of the news;

Keywords

Japanese, listening, lecture, news, keyword, main point, explain.

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

This course will provide lectures and exercises on listening comprehension of the news. Students are expected to focus on mutual task activities in the classroom.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Listening1 lecture 1. Practice listening to the lecture only with audio sounds.
Class 2 Listening2 lecture 2. Practice listening to the lecture only with audio sounds.
Class 3 Listening3 　Theoretical explanation Practice listening to the theoretical explanation in video.　And explain its contents.
Class 4 Listening4 Watching the news. Practice understanding the lecture by watching some video footages.
Class 5 Listening5 Watching the historical background explanation. Practice understanding the historical background explanation by watching video footages and explain the contents of the video.
Class 6 Listening6 Watching the historical background explanation. Another video on the previous subject. Use to summarize and explain the content from two pieces of information.
Class 7 Examination: Presentation of the selected news. Using what you have learned through the course, select and present news.

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes each for preparing for and reviewing each class (including the time spent for assignments) by referring to textbooks and other course materials.

Textbook(s)

Not specified.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Ryugakusei no tameno academic Japanese Chokai Jokyu (ISBN-10:‎ 4883197166) L8 and L10 (Used for the 1st and 2nd lectures)

Assessment criteria and methods

Approaches to in-class tasks (35%), homework (32%), presentations (20%), and the final report (20%).

Related courses

  • LAJ.T441 ： Japanese seminar 1: Oral expression

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

Only for international students who have completed Intermediate Japanese 6 or the equivalent level.

Other

You must reserve your place in the class in advance using Japanese class online system (http://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web). You will not be allowed to attend the class without reservation.
The class format of this course is Blend style (face-to-face: 5 times, online: 2 times).

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