Japanese 5 (Level 7)

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: Michael Tsang
• Prerequisites: Japanese 4 or satisfactory completion of a Japanese language placement task
• Assessment: regular kanji, grammar and vocabulary tests (15%), a reading comprehension (10%), a written composition (10%), a final examination (grammar, reading, writing and oral) (35%), a research portfolio in Japanese (25%) and class participation (5%)

Please note: classes for this course run for two and a half hours from 2pm to 4.30pm.

Japanese 5 (Level 7) will develop your language learning, including research project skills which will allow you to produce a portfolio of accumulative research in Japanese. The module enables you to progress to an upper-intermediate level of Japanese proficiency and prepares you for advanced language skills.

You will be expected to have gained an equivalent of JLPT N3 level on entry,* but this will be subject to a placement test. By the end of this module, you will be working towards JLPT N2 level.

indicative module syllabus

We will use the following to study the functions, grammatical structures, topics, vocabulary and main cultural components:

• Manabou! Nihongo - Vol. 4 Chūkyū JLPT N2
• Real-world audio-visual media and texts (e.g. newspapers, journal articles)
• Materials from other textbooks

* Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Please note: this is only an approximate equivalence.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• speaking: communicate, with the appropriate speech and politeness forms, in social, business and academic situations; explain complex issues with a good level of accuracy; participate in discussions and prepare and deliver presentations
• listening: understand complex communication in social, academic and work situations and in the media across, for example, current affairs, social issues and politics
• reading: comprehend situation- and media-specific vocabulary and writing style in, for example, newspaper articles and business letters; read more complex texts including academic writing
• writing: write reports and essays accurately in terms of vocabulary, kanji-usage and writing style; formulate independently letters for work and social purposes
• orthography: read and write approximately 550-700 kanji.