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OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

00f-12 ELEMENTARY JAPANESE: a

Shinya OTANI, et al. (International Student Center)

Objective

The objectives of Elementary Japanese are;

(1) to be able to use and comprehend commonly used phrases in daily communication with university community,

(2) to be able to deliver personal information, experiences, simple comments, etc. in conversation in Japanese,

(3) to have basic understanding of sentence structures, vocabulary and pronunciation,

(4) to become familiar with texts written in hiragana, katakana, and simple kanji,

(5) to develop skills for getting information about Japanese language through communicating with native Japanese speakers.

Textbooks

1. Situational Functional Japanese Volume one: Notes, Tsukuba Language Group, Bonjinsha 1992

2. Situational Functional Japanese Volume one: Drills, Tsukuba Language Group, Bonjinsha 1992

Reference Book

An Introduction to Written Japanese, International Student Center Osaka University 1998 and some others

Lecture Outline

15 weeks. 3 times / week, 90 min. each

The lecture outline will be announced during the classes.

Grading

Class attendance, participation and performance 40%

Quiz, assignment, essay and presentation 20%

Final written exam. 20%

Final oral exam. 20%

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