Japanese (Intermediate) II

This course is intended for students who have completed beginner-level Japanese and can communicate at a level roughly equivalent to the CEFR A2 range and approaching early B1. The course enables students to build upon foundational skills and acquire more complex grammatical structures and expressions. Learners will develop the ability to express opinions, describe experiences, and engage in short conversations on familiar topics. Through various classroom activities, students will be able to manage routine interactions, summarize simple information, and use a broader range of vocabulary appropriate for daily life in Japan, while steadily developing a balanced proficiency in the four skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

・Can develop comprehensive Japanese language skills in reading, listening, speaking, and writing.
・Can learn the grammar items of the early intermediate level Japanese book and acquire the skills to turn the their knowledge into actual communication.
・Can read explanatory texts and opinion essays as well as speak and write about their ideas.
・Can learn about Japanese culture, reflect on their own culture and deepen the intercultural understanding.

This course will be conducted as a set with the Monday and Friday classes. Please make sure to enroll in all three classes.
The class will be conducted in an exercise format.

Course content is subject to change as needed.
Some classes may be taught “on-demand” for educational effectiveness. If so, instructor will inform in advance

Homework will be reviewed in class or returned to students with feedback.

Students are expected to prepare for and review after each session so that they will be ready to use what they have learnt in class.

1回の授業につき予習・復習あわせて最低1時間の学修が必要となります。
「授業時間外の学修（予習・復習等）」に明記されている想定学修時間の合計が1時間を上回っている場合は、その学修時間を必要とします。

Speaking and Listening tests (in both Midterm and Final exams) will be conducted in Tuesday classes.

If you miss five classes, your learning will be not assessed. Please note that arriving more than 30 minutes late to a class or leaving a class when there are 30 minutes or more of the class period left will count as an absence. In addition, arriving to class less than 30 minutes late 3 times will count as 1 absence. Similarly leaving class early 3 times (when there are less than 30 minutes of the class left) will count as an absence.

If you have influenza or COVID-19, only those who have been diagnosed by a medical institution will be considered for an excused absence.
Please submit a medical certificate to your instructor.
If you do not visit a medical institution or are not officially diagnosed, your absence will not be excused.

Information about the textbook will be explained in class on the first day.
So please do not buy the textbook in advance.

Will be introduced as needed.

If you know you will not attend a class, please notify an instructor of the course or the course coordinator in advance.
Students are expected to actively participate in class. They are also expected to submit homework on time.