Course Overview

This course will make use of listening materials of about 5 minutes in length, relatively low clarity, and from a wide variety of specialized topics. Students will be able to discern intentions not made explicit, sound changes, and the type of relationship between speakers (e.g. based on intimacy and hierarchy).

Learning Achievement

Listening material about five minutes long will be used in class on a relatively wide range of specialized topics and will allow students to pick up and take note of necessary information and understand and summarize the content.
Adding to the objectives as those of the J6 class, students will learn to understand the speech while predicting its development. They will be able to understand the unuttered intention of the speaker, identify changes in sound (difficulties), understand onomatopoeia, and will also be able to make inferences about interpersonal relationships (based on familiarity/intimacy and hierarchy) using honorific language to serve as a clue.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Students have to certify this subject fits their level by taking the placement test (http://ttbj-tsukuba.org/) or by passing a subject one level below this subject.
Students who have listening competence requisite with having completed J6.

Grading Philosophy

Assignment, quiz 60%
Final exam 40%
※ However, attendance rate of 70% or higher is required.

Course schedule

Orientation/Review
L1 Tatami
L2 Tenjinsama
L4 Chiri Yukie san
L5 Kaihatsutojokokushien
L9 Baiotoire
L11 Chanoyu
L14 Bosaikyoiku
L15 Teichogo
Review, Final exam

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Watanabe Fuyumi

Other information

Sufficiently preview and review lessons. It is hoped that students will be active and independent in making preparations and when tackling assignments.
Students are expected to make an effort to actively listen to radio and to watch TV outside of class hours.
Distribution of handouts and homework submission will be done through the computer, so make sure to have PC access at any computer terminal on campus.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university