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2025 S1S2 Course

Period: 2025/04/7 - 2025/7/24

Registration period: 2025/3/10 - 2025/4/14 / Adjustment period: 2025/4/15 - 2025/4/21 *Excludes Introductory Courses

Beginning-1

Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Level
beginning1 & beginning2
Hour
10:25 - 12:10 Mon. Wed. Fri.
Skill
Integral
Objectives
To learn basic sentence structures and vocabulary at the introductory level (L1-12)
and to develop basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. To acquire
command of Hiragana and Katakana. To study 50 Kanji required for JLPT N5
level. To be able to use basic Japanese.
Prerequisite
No previous knowledge of the Japanese Language
Textbook
  • Daichi 1 Main Text (3A Network) e-Book also available*
  • Daichi 1 Translation of the Main Text and Grammar Notes (3A Network) e-Book also available*

*We recommend buying the paper version textbook (printed textbook) for its ease of use and learning efficiency.

Evaluation

 

  • Course will be completed if all the following requirements have been met:
    1) Have attended more than 70% of classes; 2) Have completed the final exam.
  • Letter grades for the entire course will be assigned as follows:
    A:100-80% B:79-65% C:64-50% F:49-0%
  • Makeup exams for midterm and final exams can be scheduled ONLY within one week after regular exams. Makeup exams will only be worth 80% of the possible score that can be attained through regular exams. No makeup will be offered for other quizzes.
Notes
  1. Credits: 6 (courses may also be taken as noncredit courses)
  2. A course completion certificate will be given upon request to students who receive a letter grade of C or higher.
  3. Course schedules are based on the academic calendar of the School of Engineering.
  4. Missing more than 30 minutes of each class is considered as an absence. Arriving to class late or leaving class early 3 times will be regarded as one absence.
  5. The attendance of the first week will not be counted since it is an orientation week.
  6. Class contents and classrooms are subject to change.

＊ [Important] Please attend the first class of each registered course to receive an orientation.

Instructors
A : Furuichi / Fujii / Takeda B : Fujii / Kataoka / Ryu C : Son / Hisada / Howard
Period
2025/04/7 - 2025/7/24
Registration period
2025/3/10 - 2025/4/14
Adjustment period
2025/4/15 - 2025/4/21
Click here to register (STAR)
Syllabus

Syllabus (PDF: 7 KB)

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