Japanese Ⅱ-1

Course Information

College	Akashi College	Year	2024
Course Title	Japanese Ⅱ-1
Course Code	6223	Course Category	General / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	School Credit: 2
Department	Mechanical Engineering	Student Grade	2nd
Term	First Semester	Classes per Week	前期:4
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills II, The Japan Times by Tadashi Sakamoto, The Japan Times
Instructor	KUBOTA Ikumi

Course Objectives

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.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Achievement 1	Can appropriately select the words learned so far, and write and speak clear and logical sentences and texts without hints or assistance.	Can appropriately select the words learned so far, and write and speak clear and logical sentences and texts with hints or assistance.	Cannot appropriately select the words learned so far, and cannot write or speak clear and logical sentences or texts.
Achievement 2	Can choose how to read a text based on the purpose for reading it, and generally understand its content.	Can read a text based on hints and assistance and generally understand its content.	Cannot read a text in various ways, and can barely understand its content.
Achievement 3	Can figure out their challenges, think of solutions, and put them into action.	Can figure out their challenges and think of solutions.	Even if they can figure out their challenges, they cannot think of a solution.

Teaching Method

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 evaluation.

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	"QUARTET1" Ch. 6	Understand the author's claim and the reason. Also, understand the expressions when expressing opinions.
		3rd	"QUARTET1" Ch. 6	Can write a letter to the editor about familiar problems.
		4th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 6	Can make complaints, make excuses and apologize so that you don't get in trouble with the other person.
		5th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 7	Can read other people's experiences to understand the contents and write what you have learned or felt from your own experiences.
		6th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 7	Can convey things that are difficult to say to the other party in indirect words.
		7th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 7	Can give your opinion in a discussion about a multicultural society.
		8th	Reflection	Can look back on what you can do in Japanese and reconfirm your goals from the next week.
	2nd Quarter
		9th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 8	Understand the contents of the interview article.
		10th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 8	Can interview your friends and put them together in an article.
		11th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 8	Can explain the details of the thing in order to make an inquiry about the thing left behind.
		12th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 8	Can tell the other person about the recommended items.
		13th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 9	Understand the feelings of the person by reading a long story.
		14th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 9	Understand the paragraph structure of the sentence, and can read the story.
		15th	"QUARTET1" Ch. 9	Can write a review of your recommended story.
		16th	Final exam

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Examination	Assignments	Portfolio	Total
Subtotal	50	40	10	100
Basic Proficiency	50	20	0	70
Specialized Proficiency	0	0	0	0
Cross Area Proficiency	0	20	10	30