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New Course Proposal for:Intermediate Japanese Language
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Course Proposal Details for - Intermediate Japanese Language (Course code not
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School
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
This course is a continuation of Japanese 2A / Japanese
Language 2. It enables students to develop further in speaking,
listening, reading and writing to Japanese Language
Proficiency Test N3 or Common European Framework of
Reference for Languages B1/2.
This course is not available to native or near-native speakers of
Japanese, or complete beginners. If in doubt, contact the
Course Description
Course Organiser.
All students will be given a formative feedback exercise that
will be helpful for the assessment for this course and students'
general academic development.
A placement test and questionnaire on students¿ background in
Japanese language studies will be conducted in the first class.
Normal Year Taken Year 2 Undergraduate
Course Level
UG
(PG/UG)
Visiting Student
Available to all students
Availability
SCQF Credits
40
Credit Level
SCQF Level 8
(SCQF)
Home Subject Area Asian Studies
Other Subject Area
Course Organiser
Fumiko Narumi-Munro
Course Secretary
David Horn
% not taught by this
institution
Collaboration
Information (School
/ Institution)
Total contact
88
teaching hours
Any costs to be met
textbooks
by students
Japanese Language 2
Pre-requisites
Japanese 2A (ASST08006)
Co-requisites
Prohibited
Combinations
Visting Student Prerequisites
Keywords
Fee Code (if
invoiced at course
level)
Proposer
Fumiko Narumi-Munro
Default Mode of
Classes & Assessment incl. centrally arranged exam
Study
Default delivery
Full Year
period
Marking Scheme to
Common Marking Scheme - UG Non-Honours Mark/Grade
be employed
Taught in Gaidhlig? No
Course Type
Standard
By the end of the course, students:
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both
concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in
his/her field of specialisation.
Summary of
Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that
Intended Learning
makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible
Outcomes/L01
without strain for either party.
Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects
and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the
advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Learning Outcome 2
Learning Outcome 3
Learning Outcome 4
Learning Outcome 5
Special
Arrangements
Components of
Course work (50%): presentations, class tests, quizzes,
Assessment
assignments, tasks and participation.
Exam Information
Syllabus
Degree exam (50%): 2 hour written paper 30% in May diet,
Practical exams (Oral exam and Reading Authentic Material
with Technology exam): 20%.
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May): 2 hours
Resit Exam Diet (August): 2 hours
Syllabus (e.g. Tobira L.1: Tobira textbook Lesson 1):
S1:
W1: Introduction, How to use Tobira textbook
W2: How to use Tobira textbook, Tobira L.1 revision
(expressions and vocabulary for describing geography,
Japanese folklore)
W3: Tobira L.2-3 revision (Japanese speech styles, technology
and society)
W4: Tobira L.4-5 revision (Japanese attitude towards sports,
Japanese food)
W5: Tobira L.5-6 revision (Japanese food, customs and
religion), Class Test 1
W6: Tobira L.7 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
pop culture)
W7: Tobira L.7 (claiming, and complaining)
W8: Tobira L.8 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
Japanese traditional art)
W9: Tobira L.8 (telling a story)
W10: Tobira L.9 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
education), Class Test 2
W11: Tobira L.9 (Japanese education and complimenting)
S2:
W1: Tobira L.10 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
Japanese vending machine)
W2: Tobira L.10-11 (asking for information, expressions and
vocabulary for describing history)
W3: Tobira L.11 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
history, talking about past events)
W4: Tobira L.12 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
traditional crafts)
W5: Tobira L.12 (describing how to make things), Class Test 3
ILW: no normal classes
W6: Tobira L.13 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
Japanese poem 'Haiku')
W7: Tobira L.13-14 (interviewing and presentation,
expressions and vocabulary for describing politics)
W8: Tobira L.14 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
politics and discussions)
W9: Tobira L.15 (expressions and vocabulary for describing
world)
W10: Tobira L.15 (discussion / debate skills), Class Test 4
W11: Tobira L.15 (debate), revision
Academic
Description
Study Pattern
Transferable Skills
Study Abroad
Textbooks:
1) TOBIRA Gateway to Advanced Japanese Learning Through
Content and Multimedia
Authors: Mayumi Oka, Michio Tsutsui, Junko Kondo, Shoko
Emori, Yoshiro Hanai, Satoru Ishikawa
Publisher: Kuroshio Publishers, ISBN: 978-4-87424-447-0
C0081, 13/07/2009.
2) Power Up Your Kanji- 800 Basic Kanji as a Gateway to
Advanced Japanese (TOBIRA Gateway to Advanced Japanese
series)
Authors: Mayumi Ota, Satoru Ishikawa, Junko Kondo, Michio
Tsutsui, Yoshiro Hanai
Publisher: Kuroshio Publishers, ISBN: 978-4-87424-487-6
C0081, 11/08/2010.
Reading Lists
3) Tobira, Gateway To Advanced Japanese : Grammar Power
Exercises for Mastery(TOBIRA Gateway to Advanced
Japanese series)
Authors: Shoko Emori, Yoshiro Hanai, Satoru Ishikawa
Publisher: Kurosio Shuppan. ISBN: 9784874245705, 2012.
Useful textbooks for kanji for self study:
1. Kanji Look And Learn Textbook:
Authors: Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Chikako Shinagawa, Kaori
Tajima, Kyoko Tokashiki
ISBN: 9784789013499, Publisher: Japan Times Published:
May 2009.
2. Kanji Look And Learn Workbook
Authors: Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Chikako Shinagawa, Kaori
Tajima, Kyoko Tokashiki
ISBN: 9784789013505, Publisher: Japan Times Published:
June 2009.
3. Intermediate Kanji Book VOL.1 (Rev. 3rd Ed.)
Authors: Chieko Kao et al.
Publisher: Bonjinsha
ISBN-10: 4893588109
ISBN-13: 978-4893588104
Dictionaries:
1. The Japan Foundation Basic Japanese-English Dictionary
(Tokyo/Oxford: Bonjinsha & Oxford U.P., 1986)
2. Kenkyusha¿s New Japanese-English and English-Japanese
Dictionaries
3. Haig, John W. ed., The New Nelson Japanese-English
Character Dictionary, based on the classical edition by Andrew
N Nelson (Tokyo: Tuttle 1997)
4. Hadamitzy, Wolfgang and Mark Spahn eds., Japanese
Character Dictionary with compound lookup via any kanji
(Boston: Cheng and Tsui 1991)
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