Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of level 4.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to communicate in a wide range of daily situations and understand Japanese in many practical issues. Students will be given a wide range of topics to discuss in the classroom. A large volume of written texts will be used after their abilities of reading and writing are further developed.? Cultural awareness and knowledge of Japanese life style will be further developed during the course.
Functions
- Asking something that is difficult to ask
- Showing gratitude or goodwill
- Finding a solution after asking meanings of words
- Explaining situations and giving apologies
- Leaving or receiving a message
- Asking a direction
- Obtaining permission to do something
Course content
Main topics/themes to be covered:
- Japanese house
- Words from outside Japan (俋懂惤)
- Analysis of? a questionnaire
- Maps
Linguistic structures/ Phonetics
Sophisticated rules of the pronunciation of Spoken Japanese.
Grammar
- 化幛棗娶鳥ㄚ手日尹引六氏井﹜中凶分仃引六氏井
- 捧及ㄚ方丹分﹜捧及ㄚ方丹卅捧﹜捧及方丹卞博
- 博ㄗ嗨勳釵ㄘㄚ仇午ㄚ反?互?毛
- ‵凶日﹜‵凶
- ‵午中丹仇午反‵及仇午分﹜‵午中丹及反#.午中丹仇午分
- #.方丹卞晟丹﹜蛁砩允月﹜誘角諢fm戈
- ‵心凶中分﹜‵心凶中卅‵﹜‵心凶中卞#
- ‵ㄗ今ㄘ六化手日尹引六氏井﹜‵ㄗ今ㄘ六化中凶分仃引六氏井
- #仇午卞允月
- #仇午卞仄化中月
- #仇午卞卅月﹜仇午卞卅勻化中月
- SㄗPlain Formㄘㄚ午中丹仇午分
- #及﹜#及ˋ
- ‵切扎丹﹜‵午仁﹜‵化月
- ‵ㄗ今ㄘ六日木月﹜‵今六月
- ‵匹丐月ㄗ匹丐月釦喧聆梭梗ㄘ
- 丐‵﹜公‵(contextual demonstrative noun)
- 公‵(contextual demonstrative pronoun: written)
- ‵氏元扎卅中ˋ
- ‵凶午仇欠卞/匹
- #化#﹜#勻化#(梁喝棗喧勳紳眶)
- ‵勻化#(喧棗梯勳釵)
- ‵勾手曰反卅中(negative intention)
- 犖趼ㄗ井氏元ㄘ
Learning resources
Books
- Course book: Minna no Nihongo (Chukyu:Intermediate Level 1) (Lesson 1 每 Lesson 6)? published by 3A Corporation
- Other material: Minna no Nihongo Translation & Grammatical Notes (Chukyu:Intermediate Level 1) (Lesson 1 每 Lesson 6)? published by 3A Corporation
- Intermediate Kanji Book (Kanji 1000 plus) Published by Bonjinsha Co.,Ltd
Useful websites
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the .