OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

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.

Textbook

• 1. Situational Functional Japanese Volume two: Notes(Second edition), Tsukuba Language Group, Bonjinsha 1994
• 2. Situational Functional Japanese Volume two: Drills(Second edition), Tsukuba Language Group, Bonjinsha 1994

Reference Books
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%