JAPAN 301RAdvanced Japanese 1

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Japanese

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course supports students who completed JAPAN 202R or students with equivalent proficiency in Japanese to enhance their Japanese grammatical knowledge and vocabulary to comprehend and produce a series of well-connected paragraphs. Students will deepen their understanding of the difference between spoken and written languages while analyzing sociolinguistic aspects. Students will learn to recognize and read kanji words in context. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to explain details coherently, as well as express their opinions logically in Japanese.

Prerequisites

Must have completed the following:
- JAPAN202R - Intermediate Japanese 2 (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

JAPAN 302R

Reviewed on UW Flow

93% liked it52% easy92% useful

From 14 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

I graduated from Waterloo 5 years ago, so my review isn't super recent, but I have been able to travel in Japan pretty easily with the Japanese I learned at UW. I really liked that all of the 200 and 300 courses involved a lot of pair/group conversation work, improving our conversation skills.

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W23 used the Quartet 1 textbook, which is around the level of and should prepare you for N3 JLPT. The weekly assignments were pretty easy and were a good review of the grammar topics covered in class. A good portion of your mark came from the unit tests but if you study everything covered in the textbook for that unit you'll be fine. Kumiko is a great prof and very encouraging when it came to learning and improving your Japanese. Overall a fun course, and looking forward to JAPAN 302!

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MEMORIZE COURSE NOTES BOOKLET. LITERALLY MEMORIZE IT AS IF IT WAS A SCRIPT FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION. Then you'll get easy peasy marks. Also remember to memorize all the nuanced things about each grammar point she'll teach you. Study her weekly grammar handouts she gives you to the T and you'll do fine. Went from 80% on pre-midterm test up to 94% on the midterm by doing just this.

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Kind of a big step up. A bit too big for me. Definitely no longer a bird course. Not to say that it's a bad course, but take care if you're going into it as a casual course.

Jan 2017 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
You may be able to expect your grade in 301 to be 10% lower than your other JAPAN courses. Used to take JAPAN courses as bird courses, but this one really proved me wrong.

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Fall 2021

Nov 25, 2021 JAPAN assessment 1 point, 10 comments

u/Stranger_Natural: “… After I did the assessment, they recommended me to take either JAPAN 202R or JAPAN 301R. The thing is, I feel like my Japanese writing and reading skills far surpasses my speaking skills, so I don't know if my skills actually match up to what I showed on the assessment. …”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… IS 422 ITAL 101 ITAL 155 ITAL 201 ITALST 291 JAPAN 101R JAPAN 102R JAPAN 201R JAPAN 202R JAPAN 301R JS 130 JS 131 JS 211 KIN 104 KIN 104L KIN 105 KIN 121 KIN 217 KIN 301 KIN 320 KIN 340 KIN 343 KIN 346 KIN 354 KIN 357 KIN 372 KIN 391 KIN 405 KIN 406 KIN 407 KIN 418 KIN 422 KIN …”