DS1382 Japanese, Advanced Beginners Level I 6.0 credits

• 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

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.

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

1-2 years' study of Japanese

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

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

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

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

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

Björn Kjellgren

Yoko Takau Drobin

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Japanese, Advanced Beginners’ Level II

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.