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. (BKB L1-11)

Learning Achievement

Students will:
・ be able to understand how kanji are used for symbolic representation and recognize their form and structure.
・ know how to look up kanji they often encounter in everyday situations and devise ways to remember them.

Competence

1.Comunination ability, 2.Ability for critical and creative thinking, 3.Data and information literacy, 4.Broad perspective and international character and 6.Cooperative, independent, and autonomous attitudes

Course prerequisites

For Comprehensive Japanese 1 students who can write hiragana and katakana characters.

Grading Philosophy

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

Course schedule

Week 1: Orientation/Level check
Weeks 2 to 15: Introduction of kanji, one chapter per week
Week 16: Final test
Lessons 1 to 11 of Basic Kanji Book Vol. 1 will be covered for the entire semester.
Orientation/Level check

what is KANJI ?
Introduction of kanji lesson1
lesson1 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson2
lesson2 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson3
lesson3 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson4
lesson4 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson5
lesson5 kanji quiz (5min)
Review from lesson1 to lesson5
Kanji activity: Calligraphy
kanji writing using brush
how to write kanji using writing technique
Introduction of kanji lesson6
lesson6 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson7
lesson7 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson8
lesson8 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson9
lesson9 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson10
lesson10 kanji quiz (5min)
Introduction of kanji lesson11
lesson11 kanji quiz (5min)
Review from lesson6 to lesson11
Final test(Lesson1-Lesson11)

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yanagita Shinobu

Other information

・ Students must be sufficiently familiar with hiragana by the start of the semester
・ Review notes and be prepared for weekly quizzes at the start of each lesson
・The class will be flexible according to the students' level and needs and changes will be made to exercises, tasks, and assignments as necessary.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university