Japanese Ⅳ

Course Information

College	Akashi College	Year	2022
Course Title	Japanese Ⅳ
Course Code	4433	Course Category	General / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	School Credit: 2
Department	Mechanical Engineering	Student Grade	4th
Term	Year-round	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	The teacher will make and distribute the handout. (Teaching materials :鎌田美千子・仁科浩美著『アカデミック・ライティングのためのパラフレーズ演習』（スリーエーネットワーク）、浜田麻里ほか著『大学生と留学生のための論文ワークブック』（くろしお出版 ）)
Instructor	KUBOTA Ikumi

Course Objectives

1. Can write a paper on a familiar topic using appropriate and effective words.
2. Can review your Japanese ability and way of thinking by sharing ideas and exchanging opinions with your classmates.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Achievement 1	Understand how to construct logical sentences and rules of words, use them properly, and write a paper.	There are some unnatural points in how to compose sentences and how to use words, but understand them and can write sentences logically.	Do not understand how to construct logical sentences and rules of words, and cannot write sentences logically.
Achievement 2	Can participate in activities with your classmates and not only review your Japanese and ideas, but also give comments and advice to the other person.	Can participate in activities with classmates and review your Japanese and ideas.	Cannot participate much in activities with classmates. Can participate, but cannot review your Japanese or your thoughts.

Teaching Method

Outline:

The purpose of this class is to develop the Japanese proficiency required for the 4th grade of KOSEN students because the students will be writing papers and will be more involved with society than ever before.

Style:

In the first semester, we will focus on activities that allow us to write sentences suitable for academic writing.
In the second semester, we will engage in various communication activities in a joint class with Japan Culture and Society III. We hope that the students will improve their Japanese and thinking skills through the various activities.

Notice:

Students who miss 1/4 or more of classes will not be eligible for a passing grade.

Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning

Active Learning

Applicable to Remote Class

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
1st Semester
	1st Quarter
		1st	Orientation	Understand the class objectives and content.
		2nd	Paraphrasing words	Understand what to be careful of when writing a paper. Can think about the theme you are interested in.
		3rd	Sentence structure Paraphrasing words	Understand how to compose a paper to make it easy to understand.
		4th	The way to write BODY Paraphrasing words	Understand how to compose a paper to make it easy to understand.
		5th	Sentence type Paraphrasing words	Understand the characteristics of each sentence that states facts, opinions, and action.
		6th	INTRODUCTION	Understand how to explain the background of the paper and can write about a given theme.
		7th	INTRODUCTION Paraphrasing meaning	Can find the problem from a reading material. Can also show a plan of how to solve the problem.
		8th	INTRODUCTION Paraphrasing meaning	Can write an introduction of the paper.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	BODY Paraphrasing meaning	Understand the difference between facts and opinions and write them separately.
		10th	BODY Paraphrasing meaning	Can explain facts by using objective expressions.
		11th	BODY	can write an opinion logically.
		12th	BODY	Understand how to the theory in the paper is expanded by reading some example of the paper.
		13th	BODY	Can write a body of the paper.
		14th	CONCLUSION	Understand how to write a summary of the paper. Can add an evaluation to the paper.
		15th	CONCLUSION	Can write the prospects for the future that can be considered from the conclusion.
		16th	Reflection	Can explain new things you found out in class, things that changed their minds, and how your Japanese abilities and skills have developed.
2nd Semester
	3rd Quarter
		1st	Orientation	Understand the class objectives and content.
		2nd	Depict in detail	Can explain visual information objectively and concretely.
		3rd	Say an interpretation	Can explain what can be read from visual information.
		4th	Think in relation to yourself	Can think what you explained in the 3rd week in relation to yourself.
		5th	Propose to make study abroad life happier	Can give ideas and opinions to make your study abroad life happier and share them with classmates.
		6th	Propose to make study abroad life happier	Can think how to show ideas in an easy-to-understand manner and can prepare a presentation.
		7th	Propose to make study abroad life happier	Can give a group presentation.
		8th	Reflection	Can explain new things you found out in class, things that changed their minds, and how your Japanese abilities and skills have developed.
	4th Quarter
		9th	Present reasons and arguments 1	Can be in a position of support for a theme that is generally regarded as insane, and can show the grounds for persuading other person.
		10th	Present reasons and arguments 1	Can modify the content and Japanese with classmates.
		11th	Present reasons and arguments 1	Can grounds for persuading classmates again.
		12th	Present reasons and arguments 2	Can write evidence to prove some common sense.
		13th	Present reasons and arguments 2	Can think about the content, structure, and Japanese in order to effectively present evidence with classmates.
		14th	Present reasons and arguments 2	Can write more convincing sentences, based on peer feedback in the 13th week.
		15th	Present reasons and arguments 2	Can write more convincing sentences, based on peer feedback in the 13th week.
		16th	Reflection	Can explain new things you found out in class, things that changed their minds, and how your Japanese abilities and skills have developed.

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Presentation, Production work	Submission of assignments	Behavior	Total
Subtotal	70	10	20	100
Basic Proficiency	20	10	0	30
Specialized Proficiency	20	0	0	20
Cross Area Proficiency	30	0	20	50