Course Overview

Students will be able to read and write coherent texts that are about things they are familiar with, as well as slightly specialized topics.

Learning Achievement

Students will be able to:
・ correctly understand the content of the reading.
・ deepen their knowledge and understanding of the reading
・ appropriately express both orally and in writing what they understood and thought about the reading
・ learn and use vocabulary, expressions, grammar, and sentence patterns

Competence

1.Comunination ability, 2.Ability for critical and creative thinking, 4.Broad perspective and international character and 6.Cooperative, independent, and autonomous attitudes

Course prerequisites

Student must have completed Comprehensive Japanese 4.

Grading Philosophy

Submitted compositions 40%, Final test 60%

Course schedule

Week 1: Course introduction (Orientation)
Weeks 2 to 14: Reading articles, essays, narratives, etc. We will practice how to correctly answer reading comprehension questions both orally and in writing.
There will be activities to enrich knowledge of vocabulary, expressions, grammar, and sentence patterns, and for students to exchange ideas and opinion about the reading with others. Students will also be trained to write reflective essays and learn to use quotations. A theme for a short report on each reading will be given.
Week 15: Final test week16: Feedback
Course introduction (Orientation)
reading task 1
writing task 1　read composition of this classmate each other
reading task 2
writing task 2　read composition of this classmate each other
reading task 3
reading & writing with feedback
writing task 3　read composition of this classmate each other
reading task 4
writing task 4　read composition of this classmate each other
reading task 5
writing task 5　read composition of this classmate each other
reading task 6
writing task 6　read composition of this classmate each other
Final test
Distribution of essays(compositions)
course feed back

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yanagita Shinobu

Other information

Students are expected to actively participate and to speak out during activities such as pair work. Homework should be promptly submitted.
The class content may change subject to the students' needs.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university