Japanese Level 3

Entry Requirements

Learners are expected to have successfully completed the course Japanese MQF Level 2 or have a similar certification. For online lessons, learners need to have an understanding on how to use a computer

Duration

30 week course with 3 contact hours per week

Learning Outcomes

Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge
• Understand a wider range of Japanese vocabulary related to everyday life, media, technology, environment, education, culture, and social interaction
• Recognise more complex grammatical structures, including different politeness levels, verb forms, tenses, particles, and honorific language
• Understand different text types such as emails, letters, summaries, narratives, advertisements, notices, and short reports
• Develop awareness of audience, context, purpose, and culturally appropriate communication in Japanese

Skills
• Listen to and understand conversations, instructions, narratives, announcements, and spoken texts on familiar and less familiar topics
• Speak confidently in social and practical situations using appropriate pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary, and politeness levels
• Interact appropriately by asking questions, seeking clarification, expressing opinions, agreement/disagreement, and maintaining conversations
• Read and understand a range of texts, identifying key ideas, purpose, context, relationships, and supporting details
• Write structured texts such as notes, messages, emails, descriptive and narrative texts, and short reports using appropriate grammar and vocabulary
• Use kana, kanji, dictionaries, ICT tools, and communication strategies effectively across contexts

Competence
• Communicate effectively and independently in familiar and less familiar situations using Japanese
• Apply listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with increasing fluency, confidence, and accuracy
• Express and justify opinions, ideas, and emotions appropriately in spoken and written communication
• Adapt language according to audience, context, formality, and communication purpose”

Delivery Method

Online lesson

Certification/Award

A letter of attendance will be issued to learners who attend at least 80% of the course

Language of Instruction

Bilingual with Japanese

Progression to Further Education

Successful completion of this course may provide learners with an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in this field