Japanese B*
*This class is the only class I got a grade that was considered just passing according to both school's, studying abroad in Chuo University and at California State University Monterey Bay. And has this same mark (*) on my ILP.
Course Description:
This course is the second half of an introductory Japanese Language course. This curse will enable students to 1) to acquire Japanese grammar/sentence patterns required at this level, 2) to communicate in Japanese, responding to a variety of situations, and 3) to acquire the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N4 level Japanese language ability. Students will learn new vocabulary/ grammar/ expressions and practice using them a lot in listening, speaking, and writing. At the end of each lesson, there will be a listening comprehension and a short reading. Students will learn 150 Kanji and increase new vocabulary relating to those Kanji.
Course Narrative:
This class was definitely a challenge. When I studied abroad in Chuo University, I took a placement test to see what Japanese language class to take. Since I have some prior knowledge of Japanese, I wasn’t placed in the first two levels offered, Japanese A1 and A2. The classes offered where A1 through E. I was placed in this class, Japanese B. I felt it was interesting going into a class that was organized as my high school in meeting in period’s everyday instead of certain times a week. By meeting every day for three hours really helped. The class was from Monday through Thursdays from 9:20-12:30, with a ten minute break in between. Every day my Japanese was tested in what I knew. We had two chapter lessons done and tested every week, and also review two kanji sections at a time before we were tested on those. We were able to put into use our grammar lessons the same day with scenarios we would face in everyday life.
By practicing these everyday conversations with classmates, rehearsing at home, then again with the professors, this class helped me step out of my comfort zone to be able to speak Japanese more in public. My writing skills were also put to the test as it is one of the few Japanese classes I’ve had that required everything to be written and handed in. This has resulted in me not having any examples to upload for this class. However, I felt I had accomplished a huge goal when taking a practice JLPT 4 test and passing. I was even able to test myself further and pass the listening portion for JLPT 3 as well. I noticed I am able to pick up key words to understand generally what people discuss. The other nice practice we had in speaking was talking with different professors as we changed through the days not having the same one. With the different professors they had different methods for us to understand what they were teaching in Japanese without using any English. This class was admittedly one of the hardest I’ve ever taken content wise.
This course is the second half of an introductory Japanese Language course. This curse will enable students to 1) to acquire Japanese grammar/sentence patterns required at this level, 2) to communicate in Japanese, responding to a variety of situations, and 3) to acquire the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N4 level Japanese language ability. Students will learn new vocabulary/ grammar/ expressions and practice using them a lot in listening, speaking, and writing. At the end of each lesson, there will be a listening comprehension and a short reading. Students will learn 150 Kanji and increase new vocabulary relating to those Kanji.
Course Narrative:
This class was definitely a challenge. When I studied abroad in Chuo University, I took a placement test to see what Japanese language class to take. Since I have some prior knowledge of Japanese, I wasn’t placed in the first two levels offered, Japanese A1 and A2. The classes offered where A1 through E. I was placed in this class, Japanese B. I felt it was interesting going into a class that was organized as my high school in meeting in period’s everyday instead of certain times a week. By meeting every day for three hours really helped. The class was from Monday through Thursdays from 9:20-12:30, with a ten minute break in between. Every day my Japanese was tested in what I knew. We had two chapter lessons done and tested every week, and also review two kanji sections at a time before we were tested on those. We were able to put into use our grammar lessons the same day with scenarios we would face in everyday life.
By practicing these everyday conversations with classmates, rehearsing at home, then again with the professors, this class helped me step out of my comfort zone to be able to speak Japanese more in public. My writing skills were also put to the test as it is one of the few Japanese classes I’ve had that required everything to be written and handed in. This has resulted in me not having any examples to upload for this class. However, I felt I had accomplished a huge goal when taking a practice JLPT 4 test and passing. I was even able to test myself further and pass the listening portion for JLPT 3 as well. I noticed I am able to pick up key words to understand generally what people discuss. The other nice practice we had in speaking was talking with different professors as we changed through the days not having the same one. With the different professors they had different methods for us to understand what they were teaching in Japanese without using any English. This class was admittedly one of the hardest I’ve ever taken content wise.