INTENSIVE JAPANESE 3*

概要

This is the intensive Japanese course designed for students who have already acquired intermediate communication skills with intermediate grammar, vocabulary and writing system including approximately 850 kanji. This course enhances the reading and writing skills by learning a variety of written style expressions and more complex structures with a wide range of authentic materials on Japanese life, culture, and society. The course also involves a variety of activities, group tasks and project works that focus on or include access to authentic texts, audio and visual materials as well as interaction with others in and out class. Ten 100-minute classes a week.

目標

The course aims to develop proficiency and application skills of the upper-intermediate level in order to ensure smooth transition to the advanced level. Students will learn approximately 350 (cumulative 1,200) kanji for production and/or recognition toward the subsequent study of the advanced level.

授業外の学習

Students are supposed to read the textbooks before class and check grammar, vocabulary and expressions to have an overview of the topics and be ready to join in discussions in class. (90 mins.) Students are required to submit homework assignments daily.(60 mins.) Students are supposed to prepare for daily quizzes. (30 mins.) A reasonable amount of preparation time is also required for other occasional assignments such as grammar tests, kanji tests, presentations and writing compositions.

所要時間: 90 minutes per class. This means a minimum of three hours per day as the intensive Japanese course consists of two classes per day.