Japanese

 
  
The foreign language courses offered by the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation can be taken by students as option or compulsory courses or to fulfil the number of units required for graduation. Students are not allowed to register for more than one foreign language course per semester. They must complete at least two levels of a foreign language course before they are allowed to register for another foreign language course. However, students are not required to complete all four levels of a foreign language course.
LAJ 100 - Japanese Language I
The foreign language courses offered by the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation can be taken by students as option or compulsory courses or to fulfil the number of units required for graduation. Students are not allowed to register for more than one foreign language course per semester. They must complete at least two levels of a foreign language course before they are allowed to register for another foreign language course. However, students are not required to complete all four levels of a foreign language course.
 
LAJ 100 - Japanese Language I 
  
This is a foundation course that stresses on the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Students will get the opportunity to learn the Hiragana and simple kanji (about 60 characters) writing. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply the sentence structures (about 45 types) and vocabulary (about 600 words) to communicate in the Japanese language.
  
LAJ 200 - Japanese Language II
 
  
This is a continuation of LAJ 100. Students will learn the Katakana and kanji (about 70 characters) writing. This course places further emphasis on the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. At the end of the course, students will be able to write simple essays by applying the sentence structures (about 40 types) and vocabulary (about 700 words).


LAJ 300 - Japanese Language III

This is a continuation of LAJ 200. In this level students will learn the difference between informal and formal styles. This course also introduces an addition of sentence structures (about 35 types), kanji writing (about 80 characters) and vocabulary (about 1000 words). At the end of the course, students will be able to express their opinions effectively.

LAJ 400 - Japanese Language IV

This course is a continuation of LAJ 300. Students will explore more grammar, sentence structures (about 16 types), kanji (about 80 characters) and vocabulary (about 1300 words). At the end of the course, students will be able to communicate effectively in specific situations.

THIRD LANGUAGE COURSES

Third Language Courses are offered as University Courses. They are offered as a package of three (3) levels, 2 units per level. The total number of units per package is 6. Students who sign up for this package will obtain one (1) extra unit upon graduation.

Courses Offered :
LTJ 100/2 Communicative Japanese I
LTJ 200/2 Communicative Japanese II
LTJ 300/2 Communicative Japanese III

LTJ 100 - Communicative Japanese I

This elementary level course is for adults who wish to study Japanese particularly those who intend to venture into business in Japan in the future. At this level, students will be exposed to the Hiragana and Katakana scripts as well as Japanese pronunciation. Students are expected to master Japanese grammar and acquire a vocabulary range of 500 words. Students will study a variety of common greetings as well as learn to construct short sentences for use in a variety of daily situations. The focus will be on oral and listening practice so as to enable students to understand simple conversations and interact in a variety of everyday situations. Students will also be introduced to Japanese culture so as to enable them interact fluently with native speakers as well as better understand the Japanese socio-cultural setting.

LTJ 200 - Communicative Japanese II

At this level, students will acquire a vocabulary range of 800 words. At this level, students will be exposed to more everyday expressions. Students will study verb forms more extensively, especially verb conjugation in order to construct more complex sentences. By mastering complex sentence structures, students can understand and use more basic sentence patterns to enhance their interaction skills as well as understand vital information in conversations with native speakers. At this level, students will be exposed to memo, e-mail and essay writing skills in Japanese. This is to ensure that students will be able to interact with native speakers in a variety of ways.

LTJ 300 - Communicative Japanese III

At this level, students will acquire a vocabulary range of 1200 words. By learning common and specific expressions and grammar in the previous levels, students would have systematically mastered basic grammar and would be capable of handling everyday conversations. At this level, students will be exposed to vocabulary pertaining to business matters and office exchanges. The course will focus upon interaction protocols in a variety of business settings such as scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, writing memos, taking messages etc. The course will also expose students to Japanese socio-cultural norms in business and at the workplace.
 
Posted by clah Dec 01, 2010