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DS1382 Japanese, Advanced Beginners Level I 6.0 credits

Japanska, fortsättningsnivå I

Please note

This course is dormant.

NB: This course is from the autumn 2013 replaced by LS1382 Japanese A1

www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/LS1382?l=en

To attend the course, the participant must have elementary knowledge of Japanese; see below. The course develops the participant’s basic language proficiency in speaking, writing, listening and reading comprehension.

  • Educational level

    First cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    B

  • Subject area

    Techonology

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Autumn 12 for programme students

  • Periods

    Autumn 12 P1 (3.0 credits), P2 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    51233

  • Start date

    28/08/2012

  • End date

    2012 week: 51

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Evenings

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    18 - 32

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Schedule

    Schedule (new window)

  • Course responsible

    Yoko Takau Drobin <yoko@kth.se>

  • Target group

    Elective course for all programmes

Spring 13 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (3.0 credits), P4 (3.0 credits)

  • Application code

    61235

  • Start date

    14/01/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 21

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Evenings

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places *

    18 - 32

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Target group

    Elective course for all programmes

Learning outcomes

EU language portfolio levels A1/B1, http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/

After the course, the student should be able to:

  • use the spoken and written language in simple everyday situations (level A1)
  • understand and give an accurate account (in Swedish) of information from different elementary texts
  • give a short, individually prepared oral presentation in the target language (level A2/B1)
  • use an ideogram dictionary to find unfamiliar ideograms
  • translate simple sentences from Japanese to Swedish and vice versa.

Course main content

  • Practice in understanding and speaking Japanese in everyday situations
  • Pronunciation and intonation
  • Grammar and vocabulary. 70 kanji-characters
  • Practice translation of simple texts from Japanese to Swedish and vice versa
  • Writing exercises, for example letters and simple everyday notes

Eligibility

General entrance requirements for university studies. A pass on the compulsory placement test before applying or a pass in elementary Japanese, DS1380 and DS1381. See our website for the test and more information, www.kth.se/language

Prerequisites

1-2 years' study of Japanese

Literature

Banno, Eri (red.) Genki: an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1. Tokyo: Japan Times

Examination

  • ANN1 - OralProficiency, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • KONA - Test, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN1 - Language Proficiency, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

75% attendance. Oral proficiency (ANN1; 1,5 credits) mid-term tests (KONA; 1,5 credits) and written final examination (TEN1; 3 credits).

Offered by

ECE/Language and Communication

Contact

Yoko Takau Drobin, tel. 790 6076, yoko@kth.se

Examiner

Björn Kjellgren <bjoern@kth.se>

Yoko Takau Drobin <yoko@kth.se>

Supplementary information

The course has limited participation. Students who are not present at course risk losing their place on the course.

The course programme may be subject to changes and courses with an insufficient number of students can be cancelled or get a reduced number of lessons.

Add-on studies

Japanese, Advanced Beginners’ Level II

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 12.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.