Undergraduate Course: Japanese Language 2 (ASST08047)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | A continuation of Japanese Language 1. Teaching will be aimed at enabling students to speak, read and write Modern Japanese at an upper-elementary / intermediate level.
The course provides essential grounding for the third-year Japanese Honours Degree level.
This course is not available to native or near-native speakers of Japanese, or complete beginners. If in doubt, contact the 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. |
| Course description |
Syllabus (e.g. Genki L.17: Genki textbook Lesson 17, Tobira L.1: Tobira textbook Lesson 1):
S1:
W1: Introduction, revision (of Genki L.1-16), Genki L.17 (basic vocab and grammar revision, hearsay)
W2: Genki L.17 (guessing, describing things)
W3: Genki L.17-18 (transitivity pairs, showing regrets)
W4: Genki L.18-19 (honorific expressions)
W5: Genki L.19-20 (honorific, extra modest and humble expressions), Class Test 1
W6: Genki L.20 (modest and humble expressions, making polite requests)
W7: Genki L.20-21 (passive forms)
W8: Genki L.21 (passive forms, 'while' clauses)
W9: Genki L.21-22 (causatives and commands)
W10: Genki L.22 (causatives and complaining)
W11: Genki L.23 (causative passive, talking about decisions), Class Test 2
S2:
W1: Genki L.23, Revision of Genki (giving instructions)
W2: How to use Tobira textbook, Tobira L.1 (expressions and vocabulary for describing geography)
W3: Tobira L.1(expressions and vocabulary for describing geography, Japanese folklore)
W4: Tobira L.1-2 (asking for meaning, Japanese speech styles)
W5: Tobira L.2 (Japanese speech styles, describing differences, apologising), Class Test 3
ILW: no normal classes
W6: Tobira L.3 (expressions and vocabulary for describing technology and society)
W7: Tobira L.3-4 (making requests, expressions and vocabulary for describing Japanese mentality through Japanese martial arts)
W8: Tobira L.4 (Japanese people's attitudes towards sports, consulting)
W9: Tobira L.5 (expressions and vocabulary for describing history of Japanese food invention through manga)
W10: Tobira L.5-6 (talking about customs relating food, Japanese customs and religions), Class Test 4
W11: Tobira L.6, revision (expressions and vocabulary for describing religion, skills for presentation with graphs and data)
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 30 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 132,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 44,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
212 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
30 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Course work (50%): homework, presentations, class tests, quizzes, assignments, and participation.
Degree exam (50%): 2 hour written paper 30% in May diet, Practical exams (Oral exam and Reading Authentic Material with Technology exam): 20%.
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| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
This course will further develop students¿ knowledge of the language in a wide variety of situations using more complex vocabulary and grammar, to Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4 or Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level A2/B1.
1. Aimed overall proficiency level is Intermediate.
2. Speaking: students will be able to handle a variety of straightforward communicative tasks in daily social situations.
3. Listening: students will be able to understand sentence-length utterances in both formal and informal contexts.
4. Reading: With about 400-600 kanji characters in total, students will be able to read authentic Japanese text with familiar topics with the aid of dictionary.
5. Writing: students will be able to write a short text in Japanese such as personal letters/essays, and short descriptions. Students will be able to control more complicated syntax towards the end of the course.
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Reading List
Essential textbooks:
From the beginning of Semester 1:
1. GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II [Second Edition]
[ With a CD-ROM for Win & Mac ]
Authors: Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki
Publisher: The Japan Times
ISBN: 978-4-7890-1443-4, Published: 30/11/2011.
2. GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook II [Second Edition] [ With a CD-ROM for Win & Mac ]
Authors: Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki
Publisher: The Japan Times
ISBN 978-4-7890-1444-1 , Published: 30/09/2011.
From the end of Semester 1:
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
Essential textbook for Kanji Workshop:
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.
Useful textbooks for kanji for self study:
Basic Kanji Book I & II
Authors: Chieko Kano et al.
Publisher: Bonjinsha
ISBN 4-89358-091-4, 1989.
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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | AS Jap Lang 2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Fumiko Narumi-Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 6971
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Course secretary | Mr David Horn
Tel: (0131 6)50 4227
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