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Course name
Reading Japanese Texts
Institution
UC Berkeley
Instructor
Yoko Hasegawa
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2022-08-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


This course is designed for those at a higher-intermediate to lower-advanced level of fluency in Japanese to amplify their reading proficiency through detailed grammatical analyses of texts. Although adequate knowledge of both vocabulary and grammar is essential for text understanding, it has been noted that in foreign-language learning, vocabulary typically receives more emphasis than does grammar. Moreover, learners tend to focus on “content words,” typically nouns and verbs, and neglect structural cues. Therefore, they sometimes fail to grasp the text’s overall meaning, even when they know the meanings of all of its words.

By reading assigned texts, students in this course learn through a hands-on approach how words are combined to form a phrase, how phrases are combined to form a clause, how clauses are combined to form a sentence, and how sentences are combined to create a text. The assigned readings are selected from modern Japanese writing on current affairs, social sciences, history, and literature. The difficulty levels of these assignments are compatible with those that appear in the N2 to N1 level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, a standardized test under the auspices of the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, to evaluate a person’s Japanese language proficiency. The course is also suitable for graduate students preparing for their language exams.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Joshuasqupie
Kakukaei United Nations Associations Test of English, ごみ屋敷
Heidtke United Nations Associations Test of English, やさしい日本語
Eshiba0 United Nations Associations Test of English 宗教2世
Mnwernick United Nations Associations Test of English, 重要美術品, ゴミ屋敷, Japan Muslim Association
Lk111 United Nations Associations Test of English 埴輪 踊る人々
Lemonmikan
Mio0222mio United Nations Associations Test of English, Konosuke Matsushita Museum 古民家, やさしい日本語, 上級国民
Shimizu164 United Nations Associations Test of English 埴輪 踊る人々, 故安倍晋三国葬儀
ENak164 外国大学の日本校, 埴輪 踊る人々
Jun Kanazawa