Course Overview

Students will learn about how kanji conveys meaning, and how to distinguish between different character forms and structures. They will study the kanji that appear most often in everyday life and devise strategies for how to remember them. (BKBL1-11)

Learning Achievement

The aim of the course is to learn the most essential kanji, around 110 characters. Students will learn about how kanji conveys meaning, how to distinguish between different character forms and structures, and how to use them.

Competence

1.Comunination ability, 3.Data and information literacy, and 4.Broad perspective and international character

Course prerequisites

Students should be able to read and write hiragana and katakana characters, and have Japanese proficiency of at least J1.

Grading Philosophy

Homework assignments 20%, Quizzes 30%, Final test 50%
(Attendance rate of 70% or higher is required)

Course schedule

Lessons 1 to 10 of "Basic Kanji Book Vol. 1" will be covered during the semester.
Course orientation, level check , Kanji orientation
Lesson1 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson1 small quiz(5min)
Lesson1 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson2 small quiz(5min)
Lesson3 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson3 small quiz(5min)
Lesson4 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson4 small quiz(5min)
Lesson5 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson5 small quiz(5min)
Lesson6,7 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson6,7 small quiz(5min)
Lesson8 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson8 small quiz(5min)
Lesson9 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Lesson9 small quiz(5min)
Lesson10 introduction & practice (kanji shape , writing,reading, vocabularies)
Final test (Lesson1-Lesson10)

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yanagita Shinobu

Other information

Homework will be given regularly and must be turned in. Students are expected to learn kanji through classroom drills and homework, and to be conscious of the kanji they see at school and in daily life and try to recall their meaning and reading.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university