Module Code - Title:
JA4912
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JAPANESE FOR BUSINESS 2
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
JA4911
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module is set at A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
To consolidate and increase abilities already gained in understanding, speaking, reading and writing, and further studentsÆ understanding of Japanese society, as well as to develop further strategies for autonomous language learning.
Syllabus:
This syllabus is set at A2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Listening exercises dealing with street directions descriptions of places, abilities and family. Speaking practice emphasising talk about ones own and others families in the correct register descriptions of places. Reading descriptions of towns in Ireland and Japan as well as passages about Japanese sport and pastimes. Writing more complicated passages about family and place, pastimes, likes and dislikes. This will involve the introduction and practice of a further 80 kanji, bringing the total learned to 160. Discussion of aspects of Japanese society e.g. the economic system, education, Japanese literature.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Appropriately interpret and extrapolate from authentic and near-authentic spoken and written target language text in a broader range of situations
Summarise information and develop narratives and descriptions relating to a variety of contexts
Consolidate previously-acquired knowledge and synthesise information on more specific cultural linguistic and social issues in the target language cultures
Recognise individual strengths and weaknesses in language learning and resolve problems autonomously
Present information orally and in writing on specific topics at an appropriate level in the target language
Combine previously-studied vocabulary and structures appropriately in new situations
Consolidate their ability to read and write using the hiragana and katakana writing systems as well as an additional 120 kanji.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
N/A
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Class time will centre on language practise in listening, speaking reading and writing in the target language. There will also be one lecture a week discussing aspects of contemporary Japanese society.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
San A Network (1998)
Minna No Nihongo I
, San A Publishers
University of Tokyo Kanji Research Group (1993)
250 Kanji for Everyday Use Vol I
, Tuttle
Henshall K. (1999)
Dimensions of Japanese Soceity
, Macmillan
Other Relevant Texts:
Hadamitzky W., and M. Spahn (1981)
Kanji and Kana: A Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System
, Tuttle
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
Akie.Nagahashi@ul.ie