1. Can use Japanese to explain a particular thing in detail and logically explain their feelings and thoughts, from familiar topics to a wide range of topics.
2. Can read a significant amount of texts on a wide range of topics and comprehend its information.
3. Have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their own Japanese ability and skills and can explain them in their native language. Can also then think of the proper solutions to challenges on their own and put them into action.
Outline:
Students will study lower intermediate Japanese to upper intermediate Japanese throughout the year. In addition to reading a significant amount of texts to gain deeper understanding of their content, they will also develop skills to convey what they want to convey through production activities.
Style:
By reading in Japanese on a variety of topics, students will enhance their Japanese ability and skills, and learn strategies for communicating in Japanese. It's also important to be able to use different words for different people and situations.
Notice:
Students need to be able to not only acquire linguistic knowledge, but also to use them properly. For every lesson, students will be expected to reflect on what they could and could not do, and to be proactive in improving their Japanese ability and skills.
Students who miss 1/4 or more of classes will not be eligible for a passing grade.
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Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Orientation |
Understand the class objectives and content.
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| 2nd |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 8 |
Can describe in detail your wishes and conditions such as function and design for the product you want.
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| 3rd |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 8 |
Can correctly convey the information you want to convey to the other party.
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| 4th |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 8 |
Can explain the tools around you using concrete and objective expressions.
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| 5th |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 9 |
Can watch a TV or Internet program introducing an event and generally understand what kind of festival/event they are talking about.
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| 6th |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 9 |
Can write sentences that are conscious of sentence breaks and modifiers.
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| 7th |
"Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture Intermediate 1 B1" Topic 9 |
Can talk in detail to a certain degree about their experiences with and feelings about festivals and events, etc.
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| 8th |
Midterm exam |
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Reflection |
Can organize the knowledge of Japanese that you have learned so far through practice.
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| 10th |
Reflection |
Can look back on what you can do in Japanese and reconfirm your goals from the next week.
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| 11th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.1 |
Can listen to a short news about a subject that I am familiar with and understand the key points.
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| 12th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.1 |
Can explain the situation and cause of an incident one heard of in the news to some extent, and answer questions.
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| 13th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.2 |
Can read news articles to understand the main points and background of the event.
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| 14th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.2 |
Understand how to write objectively, and the difference between subjective and opinion expressions and objective expressions.
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| 15th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.2 |
Can explain the content and one's comment in details to some extent of a news that one has been interested in.
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| 16th |
Final exam |
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| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.5 |
Understand the content of the text by reading the story about color and psychology and comparing it with your own case.
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| 2nd |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.5 |
Can explain your thoughts and behavioral tendencies.
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| 3rd |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.7 |
Understand the contents of the essay in chronological order.
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| 4th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.7 |
Understand the subtle differences in grammatical expressions and use Japanese effectively to express your feelings.
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| 5th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.8 |
Can say what you are particularly interested in in the topic of modern society, including why you are interested.
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| 6th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.8 |
Understand the expressions for writing each opinions and reasons.
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| 7th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.8 |
Can write the rationale for supporting your opinions using appropriate expressions.
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| 8th |
Midterm exam |
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.6 |
Can read newspaper columns while linking your knowledge of science. Understand the ambiguity of kanji.
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| 10th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.6 |
Understand the relationship between sentences with awareness of the conjunctions and directives.
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| 11th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.6 |
Can write about your interest in the field of science and technology while actively using words using kanji.
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| 12th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.10 |
Can read long sentences to understand where and how each of the research themes, objectives, methods and results is written.
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| 13th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.10 |
Can decide on a research theme by youself and write a brief report about the theme.
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| 14th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.10 |
Can decide on a research theme by yourself and write a brief report about the theme.
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| 15th |
"Intermediate Japanese J501" Ch.10 |
Can notice and modify improvements in your reports.
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| 16th |
Final exam |
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