3rd Year Japanese Reading and Writing

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Taught as NIJ520 - 'Japanese Reading and Writing' at a host insitution. This course is designed for students who have had fewer than 500 hours of Japanese instruction. Students should have already mastered 400 kanji in order to enter this level. Upon completion of this level, students are expected to be able to make a speech in an organized manner or demonstrate their ideas through discussion or debate on familiar topics. Students are also expected to be able to read authentic materials, write short theses and drafts for oral presentations. They should be able to handle 700 kanji. This course is designed to improve reading and writing skills. Topics are usually chosen from social, cultural and academic topics that are suitable for college students. Although more focus is placed on reading and writing, discussion and debate are also encouraged. PA This course will provide further development of linguistic and cultural competency, including the ability to read general news articles from print and electronic media. While the unit covers the four linguistic skills, it has increased engagement with reading and analysing journalistic prose texts. It enhances students effective communication skills, including the ability to read critically and to translate general academic and media language from Japanese to English, with the objective of meeting routine practical and social demands in the professional world in general.