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The Kohwa Institute of Japanese Language Curriculum

Curriculum of 2year course

Term
6 months
9 months
9 months
Main textbook
Minnano Nihongo I·II
Chukyukara manabu Nihongo
Academic Japanese,
Original materials
Level
Elementary
Intermediate
Advanced
Conversation
·Greeting
·Daily conversation
·Basic expression
·Expression suited to situation
·Expression of own opinion
·Comprehension and practical usage of ·contract form

·Comprehension of expression used in ·con-versation
·Speech , Discussion , Presentation

Listening
·Recognition of phoneme
·Comprehension of basic information
·Comprehension of conversation
·in-cluding unstudied wors and ·expression
·Hearing necessary information from ·monologue
·Comprehension of various live ·information such as TV program, ·lecture, etc.
Reading
·Comprehension of basic sentence
·Comprehension and grasp of the
·out-line of easy essays
·Comprehension and grasp of the ·struc-ture of sentence and essay ·Intensive reading and fast reading ·Comprehension of native reading ·materials such as novels, editorials, ·etc.
Composition
·Composition of basic sentence
·Composition about own things
·Summarization of essay Learning the ·way of constituting essay
·Composition about own things and ·general matters
·Composition and essay according to ·subject
·Drawing report
·Usage of Japanese word processor
Grammar
·Conjugation and inflection of ·inflective words
·Function of articles
·Basic sentence patters
·Normal form and polite form
·Usage of suitable article
·Contract form
·Functional words of
· Japanese-Language
·Proficiency Test (JPT) Level.2
·Usage of suitable sentence pattern
·Expression in conversation
·Functional words of JPT Level.1
·Usage of suitable sentence pattern
Vocabulary
·Words of JPT Level.3
·Comprehension of Japanese word ·and Chinese character word
·Words of JPT Level.2
·Onomatopoeia, Mimesis, Conjunction, ·Compound verb, Idiomatic expression
·Words of JPT Level.1
·Proverb, Idiom, Synonym, Technical ·term
Writing
·Hiragana and Katakana
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.3
·(About 500 letters)
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.2
·(About 500 letters)
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.1
·(Over 900 letters)
Pronunciation
·Pronunciation of single sound. Pronunciation of special kind of sound.
·Pronunciation of sentence and conversation (accent, intonation, prominence).

 

Curriculum of 1.5year course
Term
6 months
9 months
9 months
Main textbook
Minnano Nihongo I·II
Chukyukara manabu Nihongo
Academic Japanese,
Original materials
Level
Elementary
Intermediate
Advanced
Conversation
·Greeting
·Daily conversation
·Basic expression
·Expression suited to situation
·Expression of own opinion
·Comprehension and practical usage of ·contract form

·Comprehension of expression used in ·conversation
·Speech , Discussion , Presentation

Listening
·Recognition of phoneme
·Comprehension of basic information
·Comprehension of conversation ·including unstudied wors and ·expression
·Hearing necessary information from ·monologue
·Comprehension of various live ·information
·such as TV program, lecture, etc.
Reading
·Comprehension of basic sentence
·Comprehension and grasp of the ·out-line of easy essays
·Comprehension and grasp of the ·struc-ture of sentence and essay
·Intensive reading and fast reading ·Comprehension of variety style of ·essays
·Comprehension of native reading ·materials such as novels, editorials, ·etc.
·Intensive reading and fast reading ·Comprehension of variety style of ·essays
Composition
·Composition of basic sentence
·Composition about own things
·Summarization of essay Learning the ·way of constituting essay
·Composition about own things and ·general matters
·Composition and essay according to ·subject
·Drawing report
·Usage of Japanese word processor
Grammar
·Conjugation and inflection of ·inflective words
·Function of articles
·Basic sentence patters
·Normal form and polite form
·Usage of suitable article
·Contract form
·Functional words of Japanese
·Language Proficiency Test (JPT) ·Level.1, 2
·Usage of suitable sentence pattern
·Expression in conversation
·Functional words of Japanese-
·Language Proficiency Test (JPT) ·Level.1, 2
·Usage of suitable sentence pattern
Vocabulary
·Words of JPT Level.3
·Comprehension of Japanese word ·and Chinese character word
·Words of JPT Level.1, 2
·Onomatopoeia, Mimesis, Conjunction, ·Compound verb, Idiomatic expression, ·Proverb, Idiom, Synonym, Technical ·term
·Words of JPT Level.1, 2
·Onomatopoeia, Mimesis, ·Conjunction, Compound verb, ·Idiomatic expression, Proverb,
·Idiom, Synonym, Technical term
Writing
·Hiragana and Katakana
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.3
·(About 500 letters)
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.1, 2 ·(Over 1400 letters)
·Chinese characters of JPT Level.1, 2 ·(Over 1400 letters)
Pronunciation
·Pronunciation of single sound. Pronunciation of special kind of sound.
·Pronunciation of sentence and conversation (accent, intonation, prominence).

 

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