Students will work on the grammatical content of Minna no nihongo II, from lesson 26 to 37.

To achieve the established objectives, this subject mainly involves practical classes. Each unit, in principle, is organised into three steps, so that students can gradually develop their language skills:

1. Introduction
2. Practice
3. Development

Activities

Learning activities are organised into three categories based on the degree of student autonomy involved:

• Directed activities:

The essential points of each unit’s content will be explained and different types of exercises carried out.

• Supervised activities:

Supervised activities include the tasks that students carry out outside the classroom. All these tasks must be handed in to the lecturer before the specified deadline. No tasks will be accepted after the deadline.

• Autonomous activities:

Autonomous activities include preparing new material (carefully reading instructions, looking up the meaning of new vocabulary, etc.), doing exercises, and reviewing previous content.

This subject also includes the study of kanji as an autonomous activity, although classroom time will very occasionally be spent looking at kanji that require additional explanation. Students will work on the content of Basic Kanji Book vol. 2.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Continuous assessment

Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide. Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class.

Assessment activities

Fulfillment of the subject’s objectives will be assessed as follows:

• Grammar and vocabulary quizzes*: 11,25%*4 = 45%
• Kanji quizzes**: 15%
• Written exercises (reading comprehension:5%, grammar:5%, written expression***:10%):20%
• Oral test (oral presentation + questions and answers):20%

*Quizzes on grammar and vocabulary will be conducted after every three lessons.

**Quizzes on kanji will be conducted after every two lessons.

***5% corresponds to the writing exercises included in the exams, and the other 5% to an extended writing assignment.

Related matters

The above information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.

Review

When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.

Missed/failed assessment activities

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.

The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording themon transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment perfailedor missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).

Classification as \"not assessable\"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as \"not assessable\" on their transcript.

Misconduct in assessment activities

Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.

Use of AI

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage of the assessment activities. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will be graded a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated.

Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document witha recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

• Grammar and vocabulary quiz: 50%
• Kanji quiz: 20%
• Written exercises (reading comprehension + written expression): 10%
• Oral test (oral presentation + question and answer): 20%

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.