JAPN& 122: Japanese II

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Class Program

Japanese

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091132

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

Continuation of Japanese I. Develop communicative skills in everyday situations in Japanese. Learn reading and writing skills at the elementary level.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

JAPN& 121

Course Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an expanded vocabulary over that acquired in Japanese I.

Understand and apply more of the basics of Japanese grammar.

Speak with enhanced facility in elementary conversation.

Read with increased comprehension over that demonstrated upon exit of Japanese I.

Write with increased ability in "Hiragana" and "Katakana.”

Demonstrate beginning competency writing "Kanji”.

Demonstrate a broader and deeper understating of Japanese culture.

Core Topics

Conjugations of Japanese Verbs: The Non-Past, The Past, Polite Form, Volitional Form.
Weather expressions.
Conjugating Adjectives. Comparatives and Superlatives.
The te-form of Adjectives, the Copula, and Verbs.
Explaining a Reason.
Expressing Probability and Conjecture.