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COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM

A. Course Design

Course Title
JAPANESE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE N5 COURSE

Nominal Denomination
6 HOURS (BASIC)
6 HOURS (COMMON)
238 HOURS (CORE)

Description
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skill of beginners in Japanese Language.
It covers basic, common and core competencies required in speaking and understanding of
Japanese language and culture. It covers the core competencies on Japanese culture, reading
and writing Hiragana, Katakana and basic Kanji and constructing and understanding simple
sentences.

Basic Competencies

No. of hours (6)

Unit of competency Module Title Learning Outcome Nominal Duration
1. Participate in 1. Participating in 1.1 Obtain and retain 1. 2 hours
workplace workplace discussions
discussion discussions 2. 2 hours
1.2 Participate in
2. Work in team 2. Working in a meeting discussions 3. 2 hours
environment team
environment 1.3 Complete relevant
work-related documents
3. Practice 3. Practicing
professionalism professionalism 2.1 Work effectively with
colleagues

2.2 Work in a socially

diverse environment

2.3 Develop healthy

communication
3.1 Integrate personal
objectives with
organizational goals

3.2 Set and meet

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priorities

3.3 Maintain
professional growth and
development

Common Competencies

No. of hours (6)

Unit of Competency Module title Learning outcome Nominal Duration
1. Develop and 1.1 Seek information 1. 2 hours
Maintain 1 Developing and on the language
language maintaining 2. 2 hours
knowledge and industry 1.2 Update
culture knowledge continuously relevant 3. 2 hours
vocabulary
2. Observe
workplace 2 Observing 1.3 Maintain
hygiene workplace memorized
procedures hygiene vocabularies and
procedures grammar
3. Perform
computer 1.4 Develop deep
operations 3 Performing understanding of
computer cultural background
operations
2.1 Follow basic
hygiene procedures

2.2 Identify and

prevent hygiene risk

3.1 Maintain stable

internet connection

3.2 Improve computer

literacy thru repetitive
tasks

3.3 Developing and

maintaining
knowledge of
computer programs
being utilized
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Core Competencies

No. of hours (238)

Unit of Competency Module Title Learning Outcome Nominal Duration
1. Familiarization 1. Familiarizing 1.1 Respect and 1. 12 hours
of Japanese Japanese understand different
culture culture habits and culture 2. 100 hours

2. Understand 2. Understanding 2.1 Learn Hiragana and 3. 126 hours

Hiragana, Hiragana, Katakana and their
Katana and Katakana and different uses
basic kanji basic kanji
2.2 Learn kanji
3. Construct and 3. Constructing characters in N5 level
understand and
simple understanding 3.1 Speak and
sentences simple understand basic
sentences greeting, phrases and
various expressions

3.2 Able to construct

simple sentences with
correct grammar and
proper intonation