UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
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Japanese Level 5
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of level 4+
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to communicate in a wide range of daily
situations and understand Japanese in many practical issues. Students will be given a wide
range of topics to discuss in the classroom. A large volume of written texts after their abilities
of reading and writing are used during lessons. Cultural awareness and knowledge of
Japanese life style will be further developed during the course.
Functions
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Accepting or refusing an invitation
Describing a person or thing with details
Giving requirements
Responding to some misunderstanding
Providing or receiving a proposal
Giving apologies after receiving a complaint
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Saving
Protecting the earth
Ideal partner
Emergency situations
Discipline
How to make a formal telephone call
How to write a formal letter
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Sophisticated rules of the pronunciation of Spoken Japanese
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Grammar
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～なくてはならない/いけない、～なくてもかまわない
～なくちゃ/～なきゃ（いけない）
…だけだ・（ただ）… だけでいい
…かな (sentence-final particle)
～あいだ、～あいだに、…..
～まで、…・～までに、…..
～た～ (noun modifier)
～によって…
お～ますです
～てもかまわない
…ほど～ない、…ほどではない (comparison)
…はずだ
…はずが / はない
…はずだった
～てくる・～ていく (change)
～たら（どう）？
…より … ほうが… (comparison)
～らしい (reported speech / conjecture)
…もの/もんだから
～（ら）れる(indirect passive: Transitive verbs)
～たり～たり
～っぱなし
…おかげで、…・ …おかげだ
漢字（かんじ）
Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: Minna no Nihongo (Chukyu:Intermediate Level 1) (Lesson 7 – Lesson 12)
published by 3A Corporation
Other material: Minna no Nihongo Translation & Grammatical Notes
(Chukyu:Intermediate Level 1) (Lesson 7 – Lesson 12) published by 3A Corporation
Intermediate Kanji Book (Kanji 1000 plus) Published by Bonjinsha Co.,Ltd
Bilingual Dictionaries
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Online dictionary
Electric dictionary SHARP e-dictionary
Useful websites:
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