JAPANESE LANGUAGE 2

The teaching falls within the teachings that characterize the Japan curriculum of the course "LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATION OF ASIA AND MEDITERRANEAN AFRICA".
Its educational objectives fall within the area of ​​learning language skills.
The course corresponds to 12 CFU = 300 hours of total commitment (see didactic regulation art. 16 on the CFU; https://www.unive.it/pag/8251/ ):
30h teacher + 120 h exercises + 150h Individual Study

The course, as a whole, aims to develop HOTS (higher-order-thinking-skills) through the foreign language and to consolidate, also through exercises, in-depth knowledge of grammar and writing.

The aim of the course is that the participants
1. acquire knowledge and understanding of the Japanese language, also linked to contemporary themes
2. apply their language skills to understand and support arguments and solve problems
3. have the ability to collect and interpret data in Japanese
4. know how to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors

The course consists of:
1) Course professor: Creative-collaborative activity: "グロバル市民性へのSDGsと私" (prof. Mariotti, course holder, 30h in class)
2) Mother-tongue exercises (120 hours in class):
mod.2.1A: Dr. NAKAYAMA
mod 2.1B: Dr. SUZUKI
mod 2.1C: Dr. SUZUKI
mod.2.1D: Dr. SUZUKI

The final grade consists of the average of the two parts, 1) course holder and 2) exercises.

The entire learning process will be pervasive in the various linguistic activities.
The detailed lesson calendar for the course will be inserted in moodle.unive.it, as well as for the exercises.

The level that students should reach at the end of the course should be around a C1 level of the CEFR / CEFR (around the N1 level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test).
The teaching is in keeping with the teachings of "Japanese language 1.1", "Japanese language 1.2" of the previous year.

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
1. Know and understand grammatical structures, writing, vocabulary and registers of the pre-intermediate level of the Japanese language

2. Apply linguistic knowledge to argue and understand one's own and others' ideas, identify and solve problems:
to. Knowing how to effectively produce, read, understand and summarize intermediate level texts and conversations in Japanese.
b. Knowing how to interact in communicative situations provided for by C1 + level of CEFR / CEFR (see PDF Lesson 1)
c. Knowing how to understand and produce oral and written texts in agreement with level C1 + of the CEFR / CEFR. (see PDF Lesson 1)
d. Improve the ability to use the electronic dictionary and other online tools for the production / translation of texts

3. achieving a good judgment autonomy:
to. to argue elementary concepts and produce examples to support or refute in the Japanese language.
b. to submit to critical examination current myths and prejudices about the Japanese language (eg presumed untranslatability, opacity, etc.).

4. develop written and oral communication skills as required by level C1 + of the CEFR / CEFR.

Objective at the end of the learning process:
ATTENDANTS (over 80% of the presence in the classroom and respect for ALL the tasks and deadlines set): Online publication in the section dedicated to the group project: collection of individual reports generated thanks to the strategies identified by the group itself. You will be asked to sign the "informed consent" both for the possible recording of the interaction in the classroom, and for the online publication of the final report.
Content of individual reports "kenkyū tēma or mezashite": total 10-15 pages (1200 characters / page), divided into:
1. Motivational text: identification of the topic / question (1-3 pages).
2. Dialogue activities: selected quotations and considerations (10 pages)
3. Conclusions: effects of the dialogue on the perspectives inherent in the issues proposed in its theme (1-2 pages)
4. Considerations on the concrete experience carried out.

NON-ATTENDING: Individual report, consisting of the same characteristics as the one developed by the individual attendees thanks to interaction with their group. Only if the non-attending student wishes to do so, the final report can be inserted in the dedicated site, subject to the signing of the "informed consent". To compile the report in the best way read this syllabus carefully, as well as, in MOODLE, the ppt and audio of the first lesson, the 'hitsudoku' section and all the attachments present in it, the section dedicated to non-attending students, all 'oshirase to shokudai '. You can consult report examples in virgo.unive.it/mariotti The report must be uploaded online and delivered printed on the exam day of each appeal, in which the ppt presentation will also take place. The oral examination will consist of a presentation and a question on the reference texts.

Skills of independent judgment and research and use of online tools for reading and translating texts in Japanese.

Course holder: Active Learning / Creative-collaborative activity: “私の興味・関心とグロバル市民性へのSDGs" (Mariotti, 30h in class + individual study activity out of class and online, entirely in Japanese);
The calendar for ATTENDING STUDENTS (TO STUDY DETAILLY) will be provided on MOODLE:
lesson 1: explanation of the course and start of the activity (moodle class and comments). Output> first draft "motivational report".
lessons 2-3-4: autonomous organization of "responsible" work groups, identification of individual projects and motivations through "insightful questions and reflective listening" (class and moodle comments). Output> reflection and re-writing of the "motivational report 2".
lessons 5-6-7: identification of dialogue partners (in class), and dialogue based on keywords (external activity). Output> dialogue
lesson 8: relation / reflection on the dialogues carried out (in class, individual, focus points to be quoted in the report and reasons). Output> "Motivated dialogue report".
lessons 9-10 reflection / discussion on delivered outputs (groups, class, moodle). Output> "Conclusions" (upload by April 25)
lesson 11: discussion of evaluation criteria (groups, class, moodle): reflection on the decision-making process adopted and on the implications of this process.
lesson 12-13-14-15: presentations and class assessments
The OUTPUTs will be reached by filling in prepared worksheets.
The site prepared for publication will be provided at the beginning of the course and reported later in this syllabus.
'Active learning process facilitators' may be present.
NOT ATTENDING: see framework "Expected learning outcomes".
Exam materials for the CEL part of the exercises will be provided in class and published in MOODLE.

1) Marcella Mariotti Including ‘Whom’? Including ‘in Where’? Foreign Language Teaching as Deboxing System , Proceedings of the 25TH Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum, Princeton University, pp. 429-451, Convegno: The 25th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum, 11-12 Maggio 2020
2) Marcella Mariotti Action Research Zero (ARZ) Workshop: Is an ‘absolute beginner’ learner really a ‘zero-beginner’? [Panel paper. Panel title: Is a ‘zero’ always a ‘zero’? From ‘blank-learners’ to ‘maieutic teachers’ , with Hosokawa H., Ichishima N.] in YOROPPA NIHONGO KYOIKU, vol. 24, pp. 240-250 (ISSN 1745-7165) (Articolo su rivista)
Le letture saranno proposte di volta in volta in Moodle.
3) Hosokawa Hideo, 「対話をデザインする」 ISBN 978-4480072290
4) Shiminsei keisei to kotoba no kyōiku. Bogo, daini gengo, gaikokugo o koete. (Citizenship Formation and ​​Language Education: Beyond Native, Second, and Foreign Language), HOSOKAWA; OTSUJI; MARIOTTI, Kuroshio Shuppan 2016.
5) Hosokawa Hideo ed., Kangaeru tame no nihongo: jissen-hen, Akashi shoten, 2008.

6) jalea.unive.it (grammatica online)
7) a4edu.unive.it (dizionario JA-ITA online)
8) Dictionary of Japanese Grammar (basic, Intermediate, Advanced), Makino-Tsutsui, Japan Times (1998-)
9) Grammatica di Giapponese Moderno (Kubota), Venezia, Cafoscarina, 1989.
10) Bunka Chūkyū Nihongo (vol. 1), ed.Bunka Institute of Language, Tokyo, 1994 (Unità 5-8)

NB: The materials for those attending will be delivered by the lecturer on the moodle site from time to time, with deadlines for their delivery.
NB2: NON-ATTENDING students are required to read the reference texts, and to choose the introduction and the first chapter of one of the texts proposed in points 3), 4), 5) on which a question of the oral examination will focus before the presentation.

1) Verification of learning exercises:
contents link:
a) written exam 'sakubun': 60 minutes, on Moodle
b) written exam 'taigū hyōgen': 30 minutes on Moodle
c) oral comprehension

2) Verification of <active learning>“私の興味・関心とグロバル市民性へのSDGs"
ATTENDING: attendance the course in all its aspects, oral presentation in class and written report during the process of interaction with the group and the class. Self, peers and teachers evaluation: 40% among peers, 60% of the teacher. Any facilitators present in the groups will not participate in the evaluation.

NOT ATTENDING:
The verification part of the activities carried out during the exercises is also the same for attending students.
The verification part of the course holder, for non-attending students will focus on:
A) Final Report
B)- Question in Italian/English on the contents of the proposed articles/monographs.
C) - Oral presentation in Japanese (ppt of 8 minutes maximum, on the same day of writing) on ​​the report writing process, final report, delivered on moodle on the day of the written exam. If desired by the student, it can still be made public on the dedicated site. Evaluation: 100% of the teacher, according to the criteria that will be established by the class responsibility / conscience.



The final grade is the average of the two parts, 1) and 2) of the course.

Active learning in the presence of the teacher and online, tutorials and tutorials.
The lessons will be characterized by intense interaction. Active participation in the lessons is required so that the participants can develop an autonomous linguistic awareness through the exercises presented in class by the teacher. Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.

Italian

For the CEL programs, consult the moodle area of each CEL.
Students will find training materials online at the Department's Language Laboratory website: http://lingue.cmm.unive.it

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development