JPN 212 - Intermediate Japanese 2

3 credit hours - Three hours lecture weekly; one term.
Build on knowledge acquired in JPN 211 to expand conversational and written skills with a focus on polite speech. Learn 90 new kanji characters.

Prerequisite(s): JPN 211 or permission of department chair.

Note: Not for native speakers.

Course Outcomes:

Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in conversations, discussions, and multi-paragraph-length informational and fictional texts.
Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.
Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete topics I have researched, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of mid intermediate-level writing and speaking prompts using the hiragana and katakana writing systems and 90 new kanji characters.
Formulate comparisons between the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Japanese culture and those of my own.