Japanese Proficient 1 and 2 Content

Japanese Proficient 1 Unit Codes: ATS2145, ATS3145

Japanese Proficient 2 Unit Codes: ATS2146, ATS3146

Textbooks:
1) TOBIRA: Gateway to Advanced Japanese Learning through content and Multimedia
[Proficient 1: Chapters 1-4, Proficient 2: Chapters 5-8]
2) TOBIRA: Power Up Your KANJI: 800 Basic KANJI as a Gateway to Advanced
Japanese [Proficient 1: Chapters 1-4, Proficient 2: Chapters 5-8]

Prior to these units:

Kanji level: 300 characters
Vocabulary: 1100 words
Grammar: refer to Introductory 1 & 2 and Intermediate 1 & 2 content overviews

Differences from Intermediate 1 & 2:

Japanese Proficient 1 and 2 are not organized based on the accumulation of grammar points.
Proficient 1 & 2 builds on the grammar taught in Introductory 1 & 2 and Intermediate 1 & 2, introducing more advanced grammar at the same time. Importantly, the focus is on application of grammar in conjunction with pragmatic expressions and more academic contexts. Students are expected to expand reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, applying what they have developed.
Proficient 1 & 2 are organized topically.

Cultural topics	Proficient 1: Geography, martial arts and sports, technology, etc. Proficient 2: Popular culture, traditional culture, religion in Japan, etc.
Research skills	Searching information in Japanese and using online tools to read authentic texts in Japanese Basic skills in academic writing in Japanese: citation, references Interviewing in Japanese
Grammar	Solidifying the basic grammar built during students’ previous study (refer to Introductory and Intermediate unit content Knowledge of complex sentence structure to analyse and understand reading texts Conjunctions to produce coherent sentences and paragraphs
Reception – Listening and reading	Comprehending long texts (1,200-2000 characters) in each lesson Reading and listening to semi-authentic and authentic texts – articles, dialogues, autobiographies, manga, myths, etc. Listening for picking up various types of information including general ideas, key points, etc. Understanding lectures in Japanese Strategies – using schema and guessing, speed reading and extensive reading, using a dictionary, online tools, analysing texts
Spoken interaction and production including sociolinguistic knowledge, discourse, and communication strategies	Ability to manage speech levels properly: politeness, gendered language, written and spoken language, interpersonal relations and language Communication strategies to sustain a conversation: asking for clarification, aizuchi, fillers, responding quickly, etc. Colloquial language to understand popular culture such as onomatopoeia Stating an opinion, giving an explanation, telling a story, managing a presentation, etc.
Written interaction and production	Writing connecting sentences and paragraphs Choosing an appropriate style of writing Writing an email in Japanese Writing a 800-1,000 character essay unassisted in an exam setting, and a 1600-2000 character essay assisted with dictionaries and references Kanji: Approx 300 new kanji to be introduced (150 each in Proficient 1 and 2; Total – 600 kanji

Vocabulary

Approximately 350 words will be introduced in Japanese Proficient 1.

Approximately 350 words will be introduced in Japanese Proficient 2.

See an overview of vocabulary across all units.

Kanji

Approximately 150 kanji will be introduced in Japanese Proficient 1.

第1課	島	平	和	伝	温	差	美	選	残	建	形	的	特
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	市	説	決	別	達	覚	都	州	府	県	泳	酒	観
	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
	光	階	専	葉	関	正	絵	身	然	雑	誌
	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
第2課	実	相	難	性	比	代	感	表	忙	短	晩	由	必
	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
	要	合	昨	皆	敬	複	課	例	落	面	僕	連	絡
	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
	困	願	簡	単	論	誰	議	過	無
	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72
第3課	発	他	首	声	集	供	泣	両	当	解	念	笑	法
	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85
	直	苦	助	呼	技	術	際	緒	型	毛	周	欲	格
	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98
	遊	寝	将	案	内	頼	君	辞
	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106
第4課	現	組	勝	成	負	絶	対	礼	向	育	能	彼	与
	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119
	係	速	寄	種	類	健	康	互	尊	含	精	折	打
	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132
	投	驚	席	迷	般	談	輩	具
	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140

Approximately 150 kanji will be introduced in Japanese Proficient 2.

第5課	億	続	在	米	以	失	敗	功	数	増	信	得	客
	141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153
	流	費	量	袋	湯	値	段	暮	戦	列	歳	商	品
	154	155	156	157	158	159	160	161	162	163	164	165	166
	競	争	境	慣	統	混	座	皿	紹	介
	167	168	169	170	171	172	173	174	175	176
第6課	置	式	石	査	熱	民	急	紀	倍	参	加	個	反
	177	178	179	180	181	182	183	184	185	186	187	188	189
	賛	果	宗	仏	祈	幸	福	交	換	祝	存	歴	史
	190	191	192	193	194	195	196	197	198	199	200	201	202
	怒	恋	識	殺	岩	真	戻	構	許	割
	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210	211	212
第7課	済	虫	丸	命	未	深	閉	号	悲	静	払	影	響
	213	214	215	216	217	218	219	220	221	222	223	224	225
	欧	版	第	亡	頃	鼻	躍	放	芸	愛	情	超	降
	226	227	228	229	230	231	232	233	234	235	236	237	238
	鳴	傾	挙	機	適	状	況	血	液
	239	240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247
第8課	効	科	減	完	登	公	逆	低	点	常	写	確	村
	248	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260
	恥	証	患	講	義	均	踊	激	普	途	偉	派	毒
	261	262	263	264	265	266	267	268	269	270	271	272	273
	甘	謝	破	喜	追	逃	探	突	抜	怖
	274	275	276	277	278	279	280	281	282	283

Source: TOBIRA Power Up Your KANJI

See an overview of kanji across all units.

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