Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Fall 2025 - JAPN 300 E100

Intermediate Japanese I (3)

Class Number: 6845

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Prerequisites:

    JAPN 201 or by permission of the department

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Comprehension of intellectually oriented materials, processing information needed for judgment and decision making, and expression of inner feelings and thoughts.

COURSE DETAILS:

The course concentrates on the development of listening and speaking skills of students who have established a fundamental grammar knowledge in Japanese language. The course textbook provides ample authentic conversation and speech models on nine different topics.  These models including colloquial expressions are recorded at close to natural speech level. While each topic introduces an extensive amount of new vocabulary, students are encouraged to build strategies that allow them to accomplish tasks by picking up necessary information, instead by understating every single word.  The course is guided by the JF standards for Japanese Language Education and follows its can-do lists to measure the level and the course outcomes. Thus, the goal of the course is to reach the B1 level.  The B1 level is described as follows.

  • Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, lecture etc.
  • Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
  • Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
  • Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. 

Grading

  • In-class Quizzes 9%
  • Online Quizzes 18%
  • Writing Assignment 12%
  • Shadow Recording (3x) 6%
  • Short Presentation 8%
  • Oral Test 17%
  • Chapter Test (3x) 15%
  • Project 15%

NOTES:

Tutorials start in week one and all students are required to attend class. Failure to attend the first week of classes will result in withdrawal from the course.

Placement:
JAPN 210 or a placement interview.  Students who have completed JAPN 301, and 351 can also       register but must receive course placement from the Course Chair, Naoko Takei (ntakeia@sfu.ca) prior to registering. Course participants are expected to be able to read at least 300 kanji (Chinese characters), and to follow instructions in Japanese.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Intermediate1 B1 / whole word of Japan and intermediate 1 B1,SBN-13 : 978-4384057591

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

At SFU, you are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all your academic work. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other form of academic dishonesty harms your own learning, undermines the efforts of your classmates who pursue their studies honestly, and goes against the core values of the university.

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.