CULP: Japanese Elementary 1

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The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online through CamTools (the Cambridge University virtual learning environment). The focus is on spoken, oral/aural communicative competence. Students are required to attend to online multimedia materials and read the proscribed texts in their own time so that the classroom time is dedicated to face-to-face communication/discussion.

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• University staff and students
• Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available

CULP Japanese Basic 2 (CEFR A2)

Number of sessions: 15

The Course introduces students to functions and notions such as:

• Talking about themselves and their family
• Describing their home
• Work and daily routine
• Talking about past events
• Sport and leisure activities
• Travel and tourism
• Food and cooking
• Climate and the environment
• Health and illness
• Future plans

By the end of the Course students will be able to:

• Listening/Speaking
• Express opinions on abstract/cultural matters in a limited way or offer advice within a known area, and understand instructions or public announcements.
• Reading
• Understand routine information and articles, and the general meaning of non-routine information within a familiar area, including basic Kanji (150 characters).
• Writing
• Write letters or make notes on familiar or predictable matters, comfortably using Hiragana/Katakana and Kanji (150 characters).

At the Elementary 1 Level the main aims are:

• To further develop and refine the understanding and an appreciation of the salient linguistic features of the Japanese language.
• To establish the learner as a confident language user in a wider range of every-day predictable situations as well as in situations related to study and work.
• To further introduce students to the complex historical and cultural background of Japan within the context of language teaching.

Presentations, practicals and online learning

• Raven access is required
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students Fees: £250 to be paid online.
• Staff Fees: £280 to be paid online.
• Please select ‘All charged’, not ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking (the ‘Concessionary ’option is not applicable to CULP courses).
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Refunds available after the first lesson only.
• Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/) (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
• Course materials can be found on Moodle (http://www.student-systems.admin.cam.ac.uk/moodle) (Raven log in), once the course has started.

• Students are required to attend 80% of sessions
• Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website

Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning

Three times per year (subject to demand)

• CULP: Japanese Basic 1