Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
54384:[2025 Fall]Elementary Japanese1(Comprehensive) (K) 2025 Fall Tue3,Thu3,Fri3 College　Of　Business　Administration,College　Of　Policy　Science TERAO MIDORI、FEENER MAYUKO、YAMADA CHIAKI 3

Campus

OIC/OIC/OIC

Class Venue

AS361/AS361/AS357

Language

Japanese

Course Outline and Method

In this course, students will begin by learning Japanese sounds, hiragana and katakana characters,followed by beginner-level sentence patterns and expressions necessary to describe situation-basedtopics deeply related to everyday life and situations in the classroom and around them, and practice tosolidify their proficiency in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

This course offers students seminar-style classes. Feedback will be given in class.

Student Attainment Objectives

１．Has a knowledge of Japanese syllabary and writing system.
２．Can recognize Japanese syllabary, Hiragana & Katakana, as well as basic Kanji characters.
３．Has a knowledge of basic sentence structure.
４．Can express personal details, concrete things around you.
５．Can recognize/understand familiar words/phrases often heard/seen in everyday life.
６．Can understand basic instructions/directions and can put them in action. (e.g. follow a direction, decide what to do)

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information

The following schedule may be subject to change. (Updated on 29 August 2025)

Teachers in charge of each day

Tuesday： Mayuko FEENER
Thursday： Chiaki YAMADA
Friday： Midori TERAO

1

Let us get started!

Orientation, Getting to know each other, Greetings, Hiragana, Numbers

2-4

Lesson 1　New friends

Noun phrase (1) for person, Particle NO, Interrogative sentence, Numbers

5-7

Lesson 2　Shopping

Noun phrase (2) for things, Noun phrase (2) for locations, Particle MO, Numbers, Demonstratives: KO-SO-A-DO-, Interrogative sentence with wh-words(what, whose)　

8-10

Lesson 3　Making a Date

Lesson 3: Noun phrase negative, Understanding Japanese verbs roughly (function & conjugation), Verb phrase (1) for daily activities, Extending invitations

Class 10 【+R Class】See manaba+R for details.

11-15

Lesson 4　The first date
Review & Review Test (L1-4)

Noun phrase past, Verb phrase past, Particle TO, Existential sentence, Location words, Frequency adverbs

Review & Review Test (L1-4)

16-18

Lesson 5 A trip to Okinawa

Lesson 5　Understanding Japanese adjectives roughly (function & conjugation),
Adjective phrase, Adjective phrase past, Phrase for likes & dislikes

19-22

Lesson 6 A day in Robert`s life

Lesson 6　Polite requests, TE-form of verb, Asking permission, Describing successive activities in a phrase, Adding a reason for action by KARA

23-25

Lesson 7　Family pictures
【+R Class】See manaba+R for details.

Verb phrase –TE IRU for (1)action in progress, (2)occupation/habitual action, (3)result of change, Describing people

Class 24 【+R Class】See manaba+R for details.

26-29

Lesson 8　Barbecue
Review & Review Test (L5-8)

Polite request to ask someone to refrain from doing something, Phrase for expressing opinion, Understanding short forms(function & usage, how to make short forms)

Review & Review Test (L5-8)

30-32

Lesson 9　Kabuki

Lesson 9 : Short form practice, Qualifying nouns with verbs & adjectives, Showing reason before conclusion

33-35

Lesson 10　Winter vacation plans

Telling change, Comparison between 2 items, Comparison among 3 or more items

36-38

Lesson 11　After the vacation

Telling hopes/aspirations, Telling experience

39-42

Lesson 12　Feeling ill
Lesson 10-12 Review & Test
【+R Class】See manaba+R for details.

Lesson 12 : Explaining reason behind for what you see now, Adding comment to what just have been said, Giving advices to others

Class 41 Review
Class 42 Review Test

Class 39 【+R Class】See manaba+R for details.

Class Format

Classes are delivered in person.

Recommendations for Private Study

- Make use of Beyond Borders Plaza (BBP) located on the 1st floor of the Building A at Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC), where books for Japanese language learning are available. A study advice session is also provided for those who want assistance from a Japanese language instructor. For further information, please visit https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/bbp/
- This course requires that students study about six hours a week outside of class. Out-of-class work includes class preparation, post-class review, and homework/assignments along with any work assigned by course instructors who facilitate learning in the course.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Grades will be assigned based on
- Tests
- Quizzes
- Homework/Assignments
- Class participation

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

- The minimum requirement to acquire credits (to pass this course) is to attend more
than 27 times out of the total number of classes.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Try to use what you have learned in daily life. Try developing the conversation by applying the reference words given in each lesson.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese GENKI I (Third Edition) Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki The Japan Times 978-4-7890-1730-5 also available as e-book
An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese GENKI I (Third Edition) WORKBOOK Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki The Japan Times 978-4-7890-1731-2 also available as e-book

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

The textbook will be used for classroom activities in every class. The workbook will be used for post-class review (given as homework).

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

JF Japanese e-Learning Hiragana A1 Self-Study Course: https://minato-jf.jp/CourseDetail/Index/KC21_HRGS_A100_EN01

JF Japanese e-Learning Katakana A1 Self-Study Course: https://minato-jf.jp/CourseDetail/Index/KC21_KTKS_A100_EN01

Genki-Online (Self-study Room): https://genki3.japantimes.co.jp/en/student/

Portal for Learning Japanese NIHONGO e-na: https://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

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