Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
17004:[2025 Spring]Japanese Ⅰ-2(Comprehensive) (Z) 2025 Spring Mon1,Wed2,Fri4 College　Of　Law,College　Of　Economics,College　Of　Business　Administration,College　Of　Social　Sciences,College　Of　International　Relations,College　Of　Letters,College　of　Science　and　Engineering SHIOMI NORIKO、FEENER MAYUKO 3

Campus

KIC/KIC/KIC

Class Venue

RYOYUKAN　RY402/YOYOKAN　YY303/RYOYUKAN　RY305

Language

Japanese/English

Course Outline and Method

This course is designed for those students who have completed "Comprehensive Japanese Ⅰ-1" or equivalent. It aims to strengthen basic grammar and improve skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Japanese. This course offers students seminar-style classes. Feedback will be given in class.

Student Attainment Objectives

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to
・have knowledge of basic Japanese sentence structures and apply this knowledge in listening, reading, speaking and writing in Japanese.
・read and write all the Hiragana and Katakana syllables, and approximately 150 Kanji characters in total.
・communicate in routine tasks requiring simple and direct exchange of information on familiar everyday situations and topics in Japanese.
・comprehend passages of Japanese text using vocabulary and grammar introduced in the course
・write a short composition in Japanese.

Recommended Preparatory Course

"Comprehensive Japanese Ⅰ-1" course

Course Schedule

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

Instructors

Monday & Friday: SHIOMI, Noriko
Wednesday: FEENER, Mayuko

1

Orientation

Semester overview
Self-assessment
Review(L1-L6)

2-6

Lesson 7 "Family Picture"

-「～ている。」(Action in progress, Result of a change)
- Describing people
- The te-form of adjectives and nouns
-「～に行く。」
- Counting people

7-12

Lesson 8 "Barbecue"

- The short forms(present tense)
- Informal speech(present tense)
-「～と思います。」、「～と言っていました。」(short form in quoted speech)
-「～ないでください。」
-「Verbのが好きです。」
- The perticle「が」
-「何か / 何も」

13

L.7-8 Review Test (30mins), Activity (60 mins)

14-19

Lesson 9 "Kabuki"

- The short forms(past tense)
- Informal speech(past tense)
-「～と思います。」、「～と言っていました。」(Past tense short forms in quoted speech)
- Qualifying nouns with verbs and adjectives
-「～から」(reason)
-「もう~ました。」、「まだ～ていません。」
- The counter(～つ)

20-23

Review(L7-9), Mid-term Tests (L7-9)

Day 20:【+R-Class】For the details, refer to manaba +R

24-28

Lesson 10 "Winter Vacation Plans"

- The comparison of two items
- The comparison of three or more items
- Adjectives/Noun+の
-「～つもりだ。」
-「～なる。」
-「どこかに/どこにも」
- The particle「で」(ways;means)

29-32

Lesson 11 "After the Vacation"

-「~たいです。」
-「~たり~たりします。」
-「~たことがあります。」
- The particle「や」

33

L.10-11 Review Test (30mins), Activity (60 mins)

34-38

Lesson 12 "Feeling ill"

-「～んです。」
-「～すぎる。」
-「～ほうがいいです。」
-「～ので」
-「～なければいけません（なきゃいけません）。」
-「～でしょう。」

39-42

Review(L10-12), Final Tests (L10-12), Wrap-up

Day 40 & Day 41:【+R-Class】For the details, refer to manaba +R

Class Format


・Class sessions will be held face-to-face on campus from Lecture 1 to 42.

Recommendations for Private Study

- Make use of Beyond Borders Plaza (BBP), where books for Japanese language learning
are available to browse. 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 three 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) 0

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)		 0

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
- Mid-semester and Final Tests
- Review Tests
- Quizzes
- Homework/Assignments
- Class participation

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

・Grades will only be given to students who have attended at least 27 classes.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

- Preparation and review will help you to learn lessons.
- Please do the homework regularly after class. This will helps you to catch up and understand the class work better.

Textbooks

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Third Edition] Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki The Japan Times 9784789017305 also available as e-book
GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I Workbook [Third Edition] Eri Banno, Yoko Ikeda, Yutaka Ohno, Chikako Shinagawa, Kyoko Tokashiki The Japan Times 9784789017312 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

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui The Japan Times 9784789004541

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

Genki-Online Self-study Room: https://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en

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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