2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Intermediate Japanese 1 3QA
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Midori Yoshida
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- 3QA
- Course Code
- LAJ.J421
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is for students who have already completed the beginner's level. The four-skill exercises will be conducted based on topics. The course will further introduce more pre-intermediate level vocabulary and sentence patterns. The course will help students acquire practical Japanese skills through task-oriented exercises.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) read short sentences and obtain information;
2) explain feelings and opinions in brief.
Keywords
Japanese, pre-intermediate level, reading, writing
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Small-group activities and presentations will be conducted in class. The instructor will share texts with students and provide in-class feedback during writing and presentation sessions. The instructor will also ensure students' learning through weekly in-class and after-class assignments, group discussion, and through information sharing with the whole class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | L1 Fast Food (Discussion Topic: Advantages and disadvantages of fast food) | L1 grammar |
| Class 2 | L1 Fast Food / L2 Earthquake (Discussion Topic: Tips for earthquake safty) | L1 composition, L2 grammar |
| Class 3 | L2 Earthquake | L2 composition |
| Class 4 | L3 Children nowadays (Introduce recent topics and discuss) | L3 grammar |
| Class 5 | L3 Children nowadays / L4 Japanese image (Read charts and explain) | L3 composition, L4 grammar |
| Class 6 | L4 Japanese image | |
| Class 7 | Examination, Presentation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes each for preparing for and reviewing each class (including the time spent for assignments) by referring to textbooks and other course materials.
Textbook(s)
Chuu kyuu e ikoo (3 A Corporation)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified, handouts will be given in class
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assignment 20% Written Examination 65% Presentation 15%
In order to take the final exam, students are required to:
1) have a minimum attendance of 60%;
2) deliver the presentations assigned in class.
Related courses
- LAJ.J422 ： Intermediate Japanese 2
- LAJ.T411 ： Japanese conversation: Pre-intermediate 1
- LAJ.T412 ： Japanese conversation: Pre-intermediate 2
- LAJ.T411 ： Japanese conversation: Pre-intermediate 1
- LAJ.T422 ： Japanese conversation: Intermediate 2
- LAJ.T415 ： Japanese kanji: Basic 1
- LAJ.T416 ： Japanese kanji: Basic 2
- LAJ.T427 ： Japanese kanji: Intermediate 1
- LAJ.T428 ： Japanese kanji: Intermediate 2
Prerequisites
Students must have finished Basic Japanese 4 or the equivalent level.
Other
You must reserve your place in the class in advance using Japanese class online system (https://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web). You will not be allowed to attend the class without reservation.