Course Description
A continuation of Advanced Japanese II, with emphasis on improved proficiency in the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and concentration on the reading of literary texts in Japanese.
Athena Title
Advanced Japanese III
Prerequisite
JPNS 3020 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to develop, support, and express ideas in written and oral forms using the Japanese language with clarity and precision in coherent, cohesive essay writing and oral, interpersonal communication at an advanced level. The main text is "４技能でひろがる中級日本語カルテットII (Quartet: Intermediate Japanese across the Four Language Skills II)."
- Students will be able to interpret the formal, aesthetic, and creative elements of literary and cultural texts and the sociocultural and historical contexts in which they circulate, thereby attaining bicultural awareness and understanding.
Topical Outline
- Week 1: Lesson 9 of Quartet II; Reading, "To consider love through novels & essays"
Week 2: Lesson 9 of Quartet II; Writing, “Reviews of novels and films”
Week 3: Lesson 9 of Quartet II; Speaking, “On your event one day”
Week 4: Lesson 9 of Quartet II; Listening, “Social situation of the pets”
Week 5: Lesson 10 of Quartet II; Reading, “Society through data”
Week 6: Lesson 10 of Quartet II; Writing, “Data analysis”
Week 7: Lesson 10 of Quartet II; Speaking, “Student life”
Week 8: Lesson 10 of Quartet II; Listening, “Disparity in society”
Week 9: Lesson 11 of Quartet II; Reading, “What lies behind words”
Week 10: Lesson 11 of Quartet II; Writing, “Difference between Japanese and one’s mother tongue”
Week 11: Lesson 11 of Quartet II; Speaking, “Communicational style”
Week 12: Lesson 11 of Quartet II; Listening, “Youth communication”
Week 13: Lesson 12 of Quartet II; Reading, “How to change ideas”
Week 14: Lesson 12 of Quartet II; Writing, “A short thesis”
Week 15: Lesson 12 of Quartet II; Speaking, “Tie between people and society”
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
