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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Japanese 3 is an intermediate Japanese language course which aims to improve the learner's command of modern spoken Japanese. The focus is on the oral and aural skills needed to understand and participate in general everyday conversations. With the course textbook Tobira : Gateway to Advanced Japanese, we aim to teach you the listening and oral skills needed to understand and participate in general everyday conversations. Drawing on the text and supplementary materials we will work through a series of themes relating to Japan in the 21st Century (Geography, Speech Styles, Technology, Sports, Food, Religion and Pop Culture) to promote your communicative abilities.
Homework
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Individual/Group Project
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Oral Test
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Final Exam (Written & Online)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
The course requires four hours of classes per week: 1x two hour seminar, and 2 x one hour tutorial. The total workload for the course is 130 hours including independent study. Other Information Proficiency level: Students who successfully complete this course will typically achieve a level of proficiency roughly equivalent to JLPT N4-3 to N5-4, depending on their performance and degree of engagement. ---- On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Intermediate level of Japanese. Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to take a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level. Relevant past experience includes: - Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.) - Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend - Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken - The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself) Students who are not sure if they need to take a proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course. Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
Main Textbook: Oka, Mayumi et al. (2009) Tobira - Gateway to Advanced Japanese: Learning through content and multimedia . Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers. ISBN: 978-4-87424-447-0 Grammar Workbook: Tsutsui, Michio et al. (2012) Tobira - Grammar Power - Exercises for Mastery. Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers . ISBN: 9784874245705 C0081 Tobira Website: http://tobira.9640.jp/xoops/ Tobira Website Login Registration: http://tobira.9640.jp/xoops/register.php Preliminary Reading N/A