Reading and Listening

Reading and Listening 2/3

  • Level: 2 and 3

  • Language of Instruction: Japanese

  • Quota: max. 10 students

  • Class: once a week (90 mins x 15 weeks)

  • Equivalent to 2 KUIS credits

  • Instructor: Chieko Abe

This course aims to comprehensively improve reading and listening comprehension through various autonomous reading and listening activities.

This course consists of three sessions; "listening session", "reading session", and "activity session".

In "listening session" and "reading session", each student chooses what he / she wants to listen / read from online resources and reads it by him / herself. Students can find the videos and audio materials on their own, and bring your own books or manga.

At the end of the class, students write a learning journal (title, contents, impressions, etc.). For the journal, students can also use their first language.

In "activity session", students participate in various activities. For example, students share their favorite characters and quotes (Book Talk), write a letter to their favorite characters, write a book review etc.

To wrap up the course, students work on a project based on the books they read throughout the class session. Students design their own project such as writing a story / poem, drawing a manga, making a game, book presentation. In addition to the classmates, external audience will be invited for the final presentation.

Teaching materials / reference materials

Teaching materials will be distributed and introduced in the class.

Evaluation Criteria

  • Tasks (learning logs, reflections, Book Talks, writing tasks)

  • Final project (final project and presentation).