Intensive Japanese Course B2 2QA

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

2QA

Course Code

LAJ.J404

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

2Q

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 and discuss the social issues,
2) Read and write basic Kanji (500).

Keywords

Japanese, pre-intermediate, 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 and presentations are focused in the class.
At the end of the course, students are required to give a final presentation.

Course schedule/Objectives

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.J421 ： Intermediate Japanese 1
• LAJ.T412 ： Japanese conversation: Pre-intermediate 2
• LAJ.T416 ： Japanese kanji: Basic 2
• LAJ.J402 ： Intensive Japanese Course B1

Prerequisites

Those who have completed Basic Japanese 3 and learned Kanji 300.

Other

You must reserve your seat of this class in advance using Japanese reservation system, https://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/en/Home.html. You will not be allowed to take a seat without your reservation.