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:

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

Differences from Intermediate 1 & 2:

  1. Japanese Proficient 1 and 2 are not organized based on the accumulation of grammar points.
  2. 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.
  3. Proficient 1 & 2 are organized topically.

Cultural topics

  1. Proficient 1: Geography, martial arts and sports, technology, etc.
  2. Proficient 2: Popular culture, traditional culture, religion in Japan, etc.

Research skills

  1. Searching information in Japanese and using online tools to read authentic texts in Japanese
  2. Basic skills in academic writing in Japanese: citation, references
  3. Interviewing in Japanese

Grammar

  1. Solidifying the basic grammar built during students’ previous study (refer to Introductory and Intermediate unit content
  2. Knowledge of complex sentence structure to analyse and understand reading texts
  3. Conjunctions to produce coherent sentences and paragraphs

Reception – Listening and reading

  1. Comprehending long texts (1,200-2000 characters) in each lesson
  2. Reading and listening to semi-authentic and authentic texts – articles, dialogues, autobiographies, manga, myths, etc.
  3. Listening for picking up various types of information including general ideas, key points, etc.
  4. Understanding lectures in Japanese
  5. 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

  1. Ability to manage speech levels properly: politeness, gendered language, written and spoken language, interpersonal relations and language
  2. Communication strategies to sustain a conversation: asking for clarification, aizuchi, fillers, responding quickly, etc.
  3. Colloquial language to understand popular culture such as onomatopoeia
  4. Stating an opinion, giving an explanation, telling a story, managing a presentation, etc.

Written interaction and production

  1. Writing connecting sentences and paragraphs
  2. Choosing an appropriate style of writing
  3. Writing an email in Japanese
  4. Writing a 800-1,000 character essay unassisted in an exam setting, and a 1600-2000 character essay assisted with dictionaries and references
  5. 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.