Course Outline

This course aims to develop the Japanese language skills to be able to express themselves in various situations in social interactions. Students learn various kinds of sentence patterns, expressions, vocabularies, and acquire the pre-intermediate competence in spoken and written Japanese. This will enable students to develop communicative skills and further develop confidence in their use of Japanese in actual situations.

Textbook

Please purchase the following textbooks:

1. 「Minna no Nihongo Shokyû II Honsatsu」[Japanese Version (Three A Network)
2. 「Minna no Nihongo Shokyû II Translation&Grammatical Notes」[English Version] (Three A Network)

• Besides English version, there are other versions in different languages. だいがくせいきょう
• The textbooks for the course are available at University Co-op (大学生協).
• For kanji, the study materials from 「Minna no Nihongo Shokyû II Kanji II」[English Version] (Three A Network) will be distributed.
• For sakubun (homework), copied materials from「Minna no Nihongo Shokyû Yasashii Sakubun」(Three A Network) will be distributed
• For reading assignment, copied materials from 「Minna no Nihongo Shokyû II Shokyûde Yomeru Topikku 25」(Three A Network) will be distributed.

Attendance

Students who wish to complete this subject must attend the classes and perform all prescribed exercises. If a student is absent due to illness, they should notify the teaching staff and consult us regarding the missed work as soon as possible. If a student fails to inform the lecturer of the work to be missed prior to classes, the student is to assume responsibility for it.

According to the rule of Hiroshima University, if a student missed one third of the classes, she/he is not eligible to obtain credit from the course.

• Course Syllabus