JPN 111 - Elementary Japanese 13 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: This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese.
Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)
Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the main idea and details about familiar topics in novice-mid level 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 and written language.
- Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-mid level writing and speaking prompts using the hiragana and katakana writing systems and 30 kanji characters.
- Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Japanese culture.
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