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Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
The goal of the Japanese Language III course is to bring students to the B1(threshold) Language Proficiency level.
The first part of the course aims to complete knowledge of basic grammar, and to improve communicative skills in both speaking and writing. Students will be able to express assumptions and conjectures, report the speech of others, give instructions, and interact using simple expressions of Japanese honorific language.
The second part of the course aims to introduce intermediate-level structures and vocabulary, sharpening communicative skills in both speech and writing. Using the formal or colloquial register depending on the communicative context, students will be able to introduce themselves in more detail, describe their country of origin, places or events of cultural interest, give reasons for their choice or desire to study/travel in Japan, write an email to make requests or express gratitude, and book Japanese accommodations.
Course Prerequisites
The course is a continuation of the Japanese Language II course. Students must have acquired the Japanese language target skills of the Japanese Language II course (a.y.2025-2026) and studied units 21-40 of the textbook “Minna no Nihongo I-II.”
International and ERASMUS students are required to be proficient in Italian (B1) and Japanese at an N4 level (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) corresponding to CEFR level A2.
Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods
The final examination for the Japanese Language III course (9 ECTS) is a written exam consisting of a translation from Japanese into Italian, without the use of a dictionary.
To be eligible to take the final examination, students must first pass the AAL assessment tests. For information on the AAL content, as well as the assessment procedures and the schedule of the relevant tests, please refer to the website of the University Language Centre (CLA): https://www.unibg.it/studiare/frequentare/apprendimento-linguistico/giapponese
The final evaluation will be in thirtieths and will take into account the result of the translation test and the overall grade of the written and oral Japanese language proficiency tests. Grades out of thirty correspond to these five bands: Excellent (30 cum laude): excellent knowledge of all course content and linguistic proficiency acquisition. Precision, correctness, and effectiveness. Zero errors. Very good (30-27): very good knowledge of all course content and very good proficiency in all linguistic abilities for the course. Errors are light and not recurring. Good (26-24): good knowledge of the course content and linguistic proficiency. Errors are of limited severity and do not appear to be systematic. Sufficient (23-18): acceptable knowledge of the course content and linguistic proficiency. There are some evident errors. Genral understanding of the course content is just above sufficient (23-21) or nearly sufficient (20-18). Insufficient (less than 18): partial and superficial knowledge of the course content; numerous errors and low understanding of linguistic rules and functions.
N.B. For students who still have to take the Japanese Language III exam (5 credits), the old syllabus still applies untile February 2027. Please note that, according to the provisions of the Teaching Regulations - Regulatory Part of the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, in order to take the Japanese Language III exam, it is necessary to have already passed and verbalized in your career both the Japanese Language II and Japanese Literature I exams scheduled in the second year of the course. Failure to comply with the propedeuticities and related constraints will result in ex officio cancellation of the exam taken.
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More information
The list of exam texts for the official course is final and contains the titles whose study is essential for exam preparation, both for attending and non-attending students. However, non-attending students are urged to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course to establish assignments and possible in-progress testing. The list is available in this same program under Online Resources - Leganto - Examination Texts.
Should the course be taught in blended or online-only mode, changes may be made to the syllabus in order to make the course and examinations accessible in these modalities as well.