2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Intensive Japanese Course B1 1QA
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hilofumi Yamamoto / Fumie Wakamatsu
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Thu
- Class
- 1QA
- Course Code
- LAJ.J402
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This Japanese language course is designed for the students who awarded scholarship by the Ministry. The regular students may apply for this course only if the seats are available.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Handle the basic daily conversation,
2) Read and write basic Kanji (300).
Keywords
Japanese, beginner, intensive
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The 4-skill exercises are carried out based on topics. The learner-centered tasks are focused in the class.
At the end of the courses, students are required to give a final presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | There are 3-hour intensive classes held every day from Monday to Friday in the morning. This course covers the regular Beginner 3 level in 7 weeks. (The daily class schedule, including test dates will be provided for the intensive students.) | The homework and previous study requires 90 minutes a day at least. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Daichi 2, Main Text, Three-A network
Daichi 2, Translation of the Main Text and Grammar Notes, 3A Corporation
Reference books, course materials, etc.
not specified, handouts will be given in class
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentation(10％), Participation(10％)、Assignment(10％)、Test(70％)
*You must attend and participate in the class for more than 80% of the classes and activities.
Related courses
- LAJ.J413 ： Basic Japanese 3
- LAJ.J414 ： Basic Japanese 4
- LAJ.T411 ： Japanese conversation: Pre-intermediate 1
- LAJ.J404 ： Intensive Japanese Course B2
- LAJ.T415 ： Japanese kanji: Basic 1
Prerequisites
Those who had studied Japanese language more than 120 hours and can form both "te" and dictionary forms.
Other
You must reserve your seat of this class in advance using Japanese reservation system, http://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web/. You will not be allowed to take a seat without your reservation.