Course Description: An introductory course focusing on all language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing through a variety of class activities on everyday situations. Particular emphasis will be placed on oral communication. Both hiragana and katakana are learned at the early stage, and the first 125 kanji are introduced and practiced, Students will gain appropriate cultural knowledge as a part of essential language skills. Class participation and daily study is a key to achieve success in this course. Fall, Spring
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Course Description: This sequential course will continue to build skills necessary to the basic communicative Japanese. The goal of the course is to further develop all four language skills: listening (to understand colloquial conversations), speaking (to express oneself in a variety of daily situations), reading (to skim and scan Japanese texts), and writing (to express descriptions and some functional writing skills, such as letter writing). Students will develop these skills through further learning of basic grammatical structures and appropriate sociolinguistic understanding of the Japanese culture. Prerequisite: JAPN 111 or permission of instructor. Spring
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Course Description: The course reviews the intermediate level of the Japanese language and builds a higher level of language skills. Class activities focus on oral communication while students develop grammatical fluency and reading competency, recognizing 600 kanji characters and more. Active class discussions and student-led projects are regularly assigned throughout the course. Students will learn to utilize online resources and apply technology skills in projects and presentations. Prerequisite: JAPN 254 or equivalent. Fall
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