JAP2003 Japanese II-School of General Education

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

This course builds on Japanese I. It aims to systematically enhance the students’ skills in the four areas of language learning, i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It is intended to develop students’ practical language skills and their ability to conduct a simple, daily conversation in Japanese by using judgmental, narrative, descriptive, and existential sentences. Moreover, the course seeks to help students to understand simple written Japanese, to develop the ability to write in Japanese, and to improve their overall accomplishments in Japanese for the future.

COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (CILOS)

Course Code & Title : JAP2003 Japanese II
CILO	Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
CILO 1	Correctly pronounce Japanese words, sentences and texts. Practice with continuous speaking activities by using the topics and sentence patterns learnt in the class with effective communication strategies. Engage in a basic conversation in familiar contexts. Perform role-plays by using appropriate vocabulary and phrases learned to train students’ awareness of cultural differences in communication.
CILO 2	Regular written classwork and homework (such as writing postcards, dialogues, messages, emails, simple letters or essays) will train the writing skills of the students.
CILO 3	Fluently read texts using the newly acquired vocabulary and grammar. Analyse more complex texts and answer in own words to the questions about the texts.