Overview
This language module is designed for students who have completed Level JAPN905/005 or have a B1 standard of the language in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Through a variety of methods students will develop an intermediate competence in reading, writing, listening and speaking and an understanding of intermediate grammar. At the end of this 12-week module students will have reached a B1+ proficiency level in the CEFR and will be able to briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans as well as narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe their reactions to it. They will be able to enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events) and to understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear. They will have a good understanding of life and culture in countries where the language is spoken and intercultural skills necessary for their language proficiency level.
Syllabus
Week 1: Stage5 revision
Week 2: Textbook Lesson14
-Expressing obligation
-Expressing lack of obligation
-Talk about what you must do
-Talk about you don’t have to do
-Kanji
Week 3: Textbook Lesson15
-Giving a reason
-Emotional expressions
-Express your feelings and give reasons for them
-Kanji
Week 4: Textbook Lesson16
-Volitional form
-Talk about what you will do in the near future
-Kanji
Week 5: Textbook Lesson17
-Nominalising sentences
-Talk about what might happen and how you deal with it
-Talk about what you like and how you spend your days off
-Kanji
Week 6: Week2-5 revision
Week 7: Textbook Lesson18
-Transitive and intransitive verbs
-Talk about what you will do when something happens
-Talk about what you do or what happens during a period
-Kanji
Week 8: Textbook Lesson19
-Making hypothetical statements
-Stating there is a possibility
-Suppose a certain situation will happen and talk about what you will do
-Kanji
Week 9: Textbook Lesson20
-Stating what you realised as a result of an action
-Showing the completion of an action or event
-Talk about your disappointment in something that happened
-Kanji
Week 10: Textbook Lesson21
-Conditional form
-Making conditional statements
-Asking for suggestions about how to solve problems
-Kanji
Week 11: Week7-10 revision
Week 12:
Written and speaking tests will take place this week. Completing the assessment is required for students taking the course as part of their degree. For all other students, taking the tests is also strongly recommended, as a measure of your progress and learning.
Textbook details:
Japanese for Busy People Book2 (Revised 4th Edition)
ISBN 9781568366401 Approx. price £25.00
Course Lecturer
Yayoi is a qualified teacher from Japan and has been teaching Japanese for 15 years in a variety of schools and institutions in Japan, China and the U.K. Yayoi has been teaching at the university over 10 years.
Fees for language courses are £190/£95.
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