This unit provides further development of linguistic and cultural competency, including the ability to read short news articles from print and electronic media. While the unit covers the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), it has an increased focus on the use of sociolinguistic elements such as ultra-formal registers, as well as on engagement with prose texts rather than dialogues. It increases learners' effective communication skills to meet routine practical and social demands relevant to students at tertiary level. Successful completion of this unit brings students to the International Second Language Proficiency Ratings (ISLPR) Level 2+. -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Natsuko Akagawa
Prerequisites: available to students assessed by the discipline as having reached the equivalent level of achievement at JLPTL or ISLPR Level 2 language skills
