Admission requirements
Students must pass Conversation 1a & b and Kanji 1a & b to participate in Production 2a.
Description
Productie 2a is designed for students who have completed a beginning level of Japanese (in terms of class time, somewhere from 250 to 300 hours of Japanese study). The primary goal of this course is to improve communication skills to conduct practical conversations —including the ability to determine the level of speech, state opinions, give explanations, and provide a short speech—and listening skills to pick up various types of information. To achieve this goal, students will also learn grammar, vocabulary, and kanji at the intermediate level. The kanji section has students learn how to study kanji and vocabulary effectively with learning strategies, which is vital to continue their studies at the advanced level. This course will cover Lessons 1 through 5 of the “Tobira” textbook.
Course objectives
Conversation Section
Students are expected to be able to do the following objectives solely in Japanese.
・Use honorific and humble expressions appropriately for self-introduction and small talk in a very formal situation → Oral Communication
・Examine the pros and cons of a specific social issue (e.g., the development of AI, second language learning) and express your logical opinion with supporting details → Analysing, Presenting
・Agree and disagree with somebody’s opinion and provide either additional support or a counterargument → Oral Communication ・Complete the following communication tasks with appropriate discourse, phrases, and expressions that facilitate smoother conversation → Oral Communication
Task1) Ask for and explain in detail
Task2) Apologize
Task3) Ask for a favor and show appreciation
Task4) Consult
Kanji Section
・Read and produce kanji and vocabulary covered at the intermediate level →Writren Communication, Oral Communication
・Undersrtand kanji learning strategies and apply them when learning new kanji and vocabulary → Analysing
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar (Conversation Section) and Lecture (Kanji Section)
Assessment method
Assessment
Conversation Section
・Mini Assignments: 13% ・Oral exam: 45%
Kanji Section
・Strategy Quiz (online): 5% ・Kanji Quiz (paper-based): 12% ・Written Exam: 25%
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
To pass the course, you must meet the following two requirements.
1) The weighted average of all partial grades must be 5.5 or higher
2) Both oral exam and written exam must be passed with 5.5 or higher.
Resit
Exam and Assignment: 100%
Inspection and feedback
Reading list
・Mayumi Oka, et al. Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers, 2009. ISBN: 978-4-87424-447-0 C0081 ・Mayumi Oka, et al. Tobira: Power Up Your KANJI: 800 Basic Kanji as a Gateway to Advanced Japanese. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishers, 2010. ISBN: 978-4-87424-487-6 C0081
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr
Remarks
This course is a combination of the course Actieve Taalbeheersing IIa: Kanji (5692VTK2A) and Actieve Taalbeheersing IIa: Conversatie & Luistervaardigheid (5692VTC2A). Students that in 2023-2024 (or earlier) finished either one, can choose to only complete the other part of the assessment: students already having completed Kanji IIa can choose to only make the 'conversation' part of the assessment of Production 2a and vice versa.
Please note that this rule is only relevant in academic year 2024-2025. From 2025-2026, students will have to complete the Production 2a course as a whole.