KANSAI GAIDAI UNIVERSITY

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Japanese 7 The first level of advanced Japanese. This course emphasizes the development of active conversational skills as well as the expan-sion of expressions and vocabulary necessary for conversation and discussions with Japanese native speakers. This course will cover academic and formal topics and expressions, and addi- tionally, colloquial and casual expressions, for which audio-visual materials such as movies will be employed. Students should be able to recognize approximately 900 kanji and are required to study by themselves new kanji that are in the textbooks during the semester.Japanese 8A/B Japanese 8A is offered in the fall semester and Japanese 8B is offered in the spring semester. They are offered with different course materials. This is the advanced Japanese language course for those who have already passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 or its equivalent. The schedule is designed to prepare students for professional careers where a high level of Japanese proficiency is required. Students should be able to recognize and produce approximately 1,400 kanji. The Joyo Kanji (2,136 kanji) will be regularly used during the semester. The course aims at developing a higher level of competency in listening, speaking, reading and writing Japanese through discussion, debate and directed research on various social/cultural topics. By performing these activities, students will gain a deeper under-standing of contemporary Japanese culture and society. Audio-visual materials are used to further develop and refine listening and speaking skills. Individual projects and essays will be assigned. (Authentic materials such as Japanese TV news, drama, documentaries or films will be used throughout the semester.)Kanji & Readings 1The first level of reading and writing Japanese. This course is for those who are enrolled in Japanese 1. No prior knowledge of writ-ten Japanese is necessary. This course aims at developing reading and writing skills in Japanese on simple everyday topics such as diaries, messages, and letters. Approximately 60 kanji will be introduced during the course. This course will cover Lessons 1 through 6 of the Reading and Writing section of Genki I second edition.Kanji & Readings 2The second level of reading and writing Japanese. This course is for those who are enrolled in Japanese 2 or higher level. Students should be able to read and write hiragana, katakana and about 40 basic kanji. Approximately 150 more kanji will be introduced during the course. We will read articles in the style of letters, diaries, etc. This course will cover Lessons 3 through 11 of Kanji Look and Learn textbook and workbook.Kanji & Readings 3The third level of reading and writing Japanese. This course is for those who are enrolled in Japanese 3 or higher level. Students should be able to read/write approximately 200 kanji. Approxi-mately 160 more kanji will be introduced during the semester. Besides practicing reading/writing kanji, we will read various articles such as letters, diaries, essays, and so forth. We will also practice writing on topics related to the reading materials. This course will cover Lessons 12 through 21 of Kanji Look and Learn textbook and workbook.KANJI &READINGS(3 semester credits)Prerequisite: Japanese 6 (or its equivalent) Prerequisite: Japanese 7 (or its equivalent) Prerequisite: Kanji & Readings 1 (or its equivalent) Prerequisite: Kanji & Readings 2 (or its equivalent) 22