[Audio Download] Japanese for Connecting People and Society, Advanced

This book is designed to help students learn Japanese through activities to attain B2-level Japanese language proficiency according to the CEFR and the Framework of Reference for Japanese Language Teaching. Students will personally consider social issues and consider how to respond through dialogue with others.

[Skills Acquired Through This Book] 1. B2-level Japanese language proficiency for social participation: reading, listening, speaking (interaction), speaking (presentation), and writing 2. Ability to learn through task completion 3. Ability to work with others in society 4. Ability to engage in dialogue 5. "Basic skills for working adults," "technical skills for working adults," and "ability to continue learning" for social participation 6. Ability to learn independently, autonomously, and proactively through collaborative learning 7. Ability to think for building a symbiotic society based on multilingualism and multiculturalism

[Level Achieved] B2 level according to the CEFR and the Framework of Reference for Japanese Language Teaching

[Class Hours] Approximately 200 hours

[Table of Contents] Unit 0 What You'll Learn in This Text Lesson 1: What is "Advanced Level Japanese Language Proficiency"? Lesson 2: What is "Dialogue"? Lesson 3: Acquire Correct Knowledge of Copyright Unit 1: Education Lesson 1: What is Required of Modern School Education? Lesson 2: Educational Issues Lesson 3: What Education is Necessary for the Future? Unit 2: Humans and Science Lesson 1: Human Evolution and the Acquisition of Language Lesson 2: Is Space Distorted? - The Theory of Relativity and Our Lives Lesson 3: Does Science Make Humans Happy? Unit 3: "I" and "Society" Lesson 1: The "I" in "I" Thinking about "existence" - What is "I"? Lesson 2: The "Master-Slave Dialectic" in "Society" /Lesson 3: What does it mean to "live"? - Living with "Others" Unit 4: Economics Lesson 1: Money and Happiness Lesson 2: Our Consumption Behavior Lesson 3: Thinking about Issues Affecting the Economy Unit 5: Our World Lesson 1: Understanding the World of the Past - Events that Changed the World Lesson 2: Thinking about the World Today - Interpreting Data on Environmental Issues

Lesson 3: Toward the Future World - What We Should Do