Japanese 4 - Course Overview - Intermediate Oral and Listening Skills (Semester A 2025/26)

Oct 5, 2026

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Japanese 4 is an intermediate-level course developing higher-level oral communication skills and aural comprehension competence for social, commercial, and professional purposes. Successful completion builds comprehensive knowledge of expressions and enables students to communicate in Japanese properly and fluently. The course targets a proficiency level roughly equivalent to JLPT N4 (Part 2). Intended learning outcomes cover oral expression, listening comprehension, and lexico-grammatical proficiency with defined weighting across assessments.

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Course Overview

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

Learning and Teaching Activities (LTAs)

Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

1 LC3933: Japanese 4 LC3933: JAPANESE 4 Eﬀective Term Semester A 2025/26 Part I Course Overview Course Title Japanese 4 Subject Code LC-CFML CSL Language Centre Course Number 3933 Academic Unit CFML CSL Language Centre (LC) College/School College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CH) Course Duration One Semester Credit Units 3 Level B1, B2, B3, B4-Bachelor's Degree Medium of Instruction Other Languages Other Languages for Medium of Instruction Japanese supplemented by English Medium of Assessment Other Languages Other Languages for Medium of Assessment Japanese supplemented by English Prerequisites LC3932 Japanese Language-Level 3/Japanese 3; or AIS3932/CTL3932 Integrated Japanese I Precursors Nil Equivalent Courses AIS3933 Japanese Language-Level 4; CTL3933 Integrated Japanese II 2 LC3933: Japanese 4 Exclusive Courses Nil Part II Course Details Abstract This is an intermediate course which aims to develop students’oral communication skills and aural comprehension competence at higher level for social, commercial and professional purposes. After completion of the course, students should have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of expressions and be able to communicate in Japanese properly and ﬂuently. By the end of the course, students should have reached a proﬁciency level roughly equivalent to the Japanese Language Proﬁciency Test (JLPT) Level N4 (Part 2). Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs) | CILOs Weighting (if
app.) | | | DEC-A1 DEC-A2 DEC-A3 | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Demonstrate an ability to apply a variety of expressions and skills in oral communication in Japanese at intermediate to advanced level. | 30% | x | x | | | 2 | Demonstrate competence in Japanese listening comprehension at intermediate to advanced level. | 30% | | x | x | | 3 | Demonstrate lexico-grammatical proﬁciency in Japanese at intermediate to advanced level. | 40% | | x | x | A1: Attitude Develop an attitude of discovery/innovation/creativity, as demonstrated by students possessing a strong sense of curiosity, asking questions actively, challenging assumptions or engaging in inquiry together with teachers. A2: Ability Develop the ability/skill needed to discover/innovate/create, as demonstrated by students possessing critical thinking skills to assess ideas, acquiring research skills, synthesizing knowledge across disciplines or applying academic knowledge to real-life problems. A3: Accomplishments Demonstrate accomplishment of discovery/innovation/creativity through producing /constructing creative works/new artefacts, eﬀective solutions to real-life problems or new processes. Learning and Teaching Activities (LTAs) | LTAs Brief Description CILO No. Hours/week (if
applicable) | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | | Students will demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures in authentic situations by completing exercises. | 1, 3 | | 3 LC3933: Japanese 4 | 2 | | Students will practise listening exercises to develop competence in communicating in Japanese at intermediate to advanced level for social, commercial and professional purposes. | 2, 3 | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3 | | Students will acquire and put into use eﬀective strategies to express reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions. | 1, 3 | | Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs) | ATs CILO No. Weighting (%) Remarks ("-" for
nil entry) | | | | | Allow Use of GenAI? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Test 1 (Midterm ‒ Language Knowledge, Writing Test, Oral Test) | 1, 2 | 30 | - | No | | 2 | Test 2 (Language Knowledge, Listening Test, Oral Test) | 1, 2 | 40 | - | No | | 3 | Weekly Assignments | 3 | 10 | Refer to assessment task instructions to be provided by the course instructor for parameters of use | Yes | | 4 | Participation/Inclass activities | 1, 3 | 20 | Refer to

FAQs

What is the main goal of Japanese 4?

Japanese 4 aims to strengthen intermediate to advanced oral communication and listening comprehension for social, commercial, and professional contexts.

What proficiency level does the course target by the end?

By the end of the course, students should reach a proficiency level roughly equivalent to JLPT Level N4 (Part 2).

How are assessments structured in Japanese 4?

Assessment includes Test 1 (midterm) and Test 2 with different components, plus weekly assignments and participation/in-class activities, with specific weightings.

Oct 5, 2026

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