2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Intensive Japanese Course A1 3QA
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Midori Komatsu / Haruyuki Yamashita / Yukiko Yatabe / Fumie Wakamatsu / Utako Iwasa
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- 3QA
- Course Code
- LAJ.J401
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
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 Hiragana, Katakana and basic Kanji (50)
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 tasks are focused in the class.
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 1 and 2 in 7 weeks. (The daily class schedule, including test dates will be provided for the intensive students.) | The homework and previous study requires 100 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)
Weekly J for starters 1,Weekly J book1Nihongo NIHONGO ACTIVE TALK The First, Connecting with Kanji : Workbook for Beginners
Reference books, course materials, etc.
not specified, handouts will be given in class
Evaluation methods and criteria
Quiz(20%), test(80%) ＊More than 80% attendance is required.
Related courses
- LAJ.J411 ： Basic Japanese 1
- LAJ.J412 ： Basic Japanese 2
- LAJ.T501 ： Japanese Culture 1: Strategic approach to Japanese and culture
Prerequisites
International students applied for the intensive Japanese course and passed the interview test to be admitted.
Other
The course schedule described below may be changed depending on the number of students enrolled in the course.