JPN 111 - Elementary Japanese 1

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.

Learn basic Japanese pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar with an emphasis on simple conversation. Learn the hiragana and katakana writing systems and 30 kanji characters.

Note: Not for native speakers. Typically offered at MC and OL; fall, spring and summer terms.

Course Outcomes:

Identify the main idea and some details about familiar topics in short written and spoken conversations and texts.
Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Present information on familiar and cultural topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through spoken language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of mid novice-level writing prompts using the hiragana and katakana writing systems and 30 kanji characters.
Formulate comparisons between the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Japanese culture and those of my own.