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: This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Japanese.

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate-mid level conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length 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 research topics, 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 intermediate-mid level writing and speaking prompts using hiragana and katakana writing systems and 90 new kanji characters.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Japanese culture.