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Japanese
  

  • JPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I [SUN# JPN 1101]

    5 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
    5 lecture periods 0 lab periods

    Introduction to the Japanese language. Includes an overview of the Japanese language, speaking and listening, writing and reading, grammar, personal transactions, and the cultural context within which Japanese conversation takes place. Also includes writing and reading of Hiragana, Katakana, and 23 Kanji characters.

    Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options; Meets - CTE A&H.

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    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate Japanese speaking skills through topics such as self-introductions, daily routine, and the days of the week using frequency adverbs and comprehensible grammar and pronunciation, and respond to questions accordingly.
    2. Demonstrate Japanese listening skills by using listening strategies to identify specific details, ask and respond to questions, and follow classroom instruction.
    3. Demonstrate ability to write using hiragana, katakana and kanji about familiar topics such as your hometown, your college and family members using comprehensible grammar.
    4. Demonstrate ability to read hiragana, katakana, and kanji in texts, while using reading strategies to identify main ideas, some details, and/or familiar words in Japanese.
    5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing to identify Japanese-speaking regions and recognize how social status affects the use of the Japanese language.
    Outline:
    1. Overview of the Japanese Language
      1. Japanese communication styles
      2. Japanese grammar
    2. Speaking and Listening
      1. Oral exercises
      2. Tapes and listening exercises
    3. Writing and Reading
      1. Romaji (Romanization)
      2. Hiragana
      3. Katakana
      4. Kanji (approximately 23 new Kanji)
      5. Writing and reading exercises
    4. Grammar
      1. Numerals and counters
      2. Months, dates, days, and times
      3. Possessions
      4. Demonstratives
      5. Particles
      6. Daily activities (future and past)
      7. Expressing likes and dislikes
      8. Invitations
      9. Locations
      10. Existence
      11. Suggestions
      12. Adjectival and adverbial expressions
      13. Polite and plain forms
    5. Personal Transactions
      1. Introducing yourself and friends
      2. Everyday greetings
      3. Asking locations and showing locations on a map
      4. Describing one’s town
      5. Making a phone call
      6. Invitations
      7. Asking how much things cost
      8. Polite requests
      9. Explaining schedules and daily life
    6. Cultural Context Within Japanese Conversation
  

  • JPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II [SUN# JPN 1102]

    5 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
    5 lecture periods 0 lab periods

    Continuation of JPN 101 . Includes oral and written forms, grammatical structures, interpersonal transactions, and the cultural component of communication competency.

    Prerequisite(s): JPN 101  
    Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options; Meets - CTE A&H.

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    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate Japanese speaking skills by asking and responding to questions on familiar topics using comprehensible grammar and pronunciation, while adhering to socio-pragmatic norms of conversation.
    2. Demonstrate Japanese listening skills by identifying key words, general ideas, following classroom instructions, and responding to oral questions.
    3. Demonstrate ability to write hiragana, katakana, and kanji in well-constructed sentences and paragraphs.
    4. Demonstrate ability to read hiragana, katakana, and kanji in texts, while using reading strategies to identify main ideas, sequences of events, and/or familiar words in Japanese.
    5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing to identify Japanese-speaking regions, and/or explain cultural topics.
    Outline:
    1. Oral and Written Forms
      1. 99 additional kanji characters
      2. Pronunciation
    2. Grammatical Structures
      1. Adjectival conjunctions
      2. Comparatives and superlatives
      3. Past, plain verb forms
      4. Extended predicate
      5. Verb, adjective, nominal te-form
      6. Probability and conjecture
      7. Interrogatives and particles
      8. Potential forms
      9. Nominalizers
      10. Progressives
      11. Relative clauses
      12. Past experience
      13. Desire
      14. Opinion
      15. Excessive
      16. Quoted speech
      17. Intention/verb volitional forms
      18. Simultaneous actions
      19. Temporal clause
      20. Indefinite pronouns
      21. Conditional clause
      22. Reporting hearsay
      23. Embedded questions
    3. Interpersonal Transactions
      1. Describe, compare, and predict weather and climate
      2. Describe a schedule in logical order
      3. Express conjectures
      4. Describe hobbies and degrees of ability
      5. Describe family members
      6. Describe someone’s progressive and habitual action
      7. Describe favorite food and drink
      8. Describe past experiences
      9. Make polite requests
      10. Discuss plans
      11. Express 1st and 3rd persons’ desires
      12. Express opinions in a culturally appropriate way
      13. Quote hearsay
      14. Describe planned actions and the reason for proposed actions
      15. Describe simultaneous actions
      16. Transact purchases
      17. Describe clothes used on various occasions
      18. Provide multiple reasons
      19. Give culturally appropriate answers to questions
      20. Write a formal letter
      21. Read a newspaper-style article
      22. Read various brochures
    4. Cultural Component of Communication Competency
  

  • JPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I [SUN# JPN 2201]

    5 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
    5 lecture periods 0 lab periods

    Continuation of JPN 102 . Includes speaking and listening, grammar, personal transactions, and the cultural context to which Japanese conversations take place. Also includes reading and writing Hiragana, Katakana, and 250 Kanji characters.

    Prerequisite(s): JPN 102  
    Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options and G; Meets CTE A&H and G.

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    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate Japanese speaking skills by using intermediate level grammar structures and expressions in conversational topics such as making travel and future plans, and asking for and giving directions.
    2. Demonstrate Japanese listening skills by identifying the main idea and some detail, and being able to answer questions and/or follow based upon the familiar dialogue presented.
    3. Demonstrate writing skills by using hiragana, katakana, and kanji in responding to questions on familiar topics to express such as capability, physical conditions, intention and plans, regret, obligation, wishes, presuppositions and conditions. 
    4. Demonstrate ability to read in hiragana, katakana and kanji by recognizing the main ideas and some details in a written text in Japanese based on familiar or authentic material.
    5. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural norms, beliefs, and regional variations through speaking and/or writing regarding current events/trends happening in Japan.
    Outline:
    1. Oral and Written Forms
      1. 99 additional kanji characters
      2. Pronunciation
    2. Grammatical Structures
      1. Adjectival conjunctions
      2. Comparatives and superlatives
      3. Past, plain verb forms
      4. Extended predicate
      5. Verb, adjective, nominal te-form
      6. Probability and conjecture
      7. Interrogatives and particles
      8. Potential forms
      9. Nominalizers
      10. Progressives
      11. Relative clauses
      12. Past experience
      13. Desire
      14. Opinion
      15. Excessive
      16. Quoted speech
      17. Intention/verb volitional forms
      18. Simultaneous actions
      19. Temporal clause
      20. Indefinite pronouns
      21. Conditional clause
      22. Reporting hearsay
      23. Embedded questions
    3. Interpersonal Transactions
      1. Describe, compare, and predict weather and climate
      2. Describe a schedule in logical order
      3. Express conjectures
      4. Describe hobbies and degrees of ability
      5. Describe family members
      6. Describe someone’s progressive and habitual action
      7. Describe favorite food and drink
      8. Describe past experiences
      9. Make polite requests
      10. Discuss plans
      11. Express 1st and 3rd persons’ desires
      12. Express opinions in a culturally appropriate way
      13. Quote hearsay
      14. Describe planned actions and the reason for proposed actions
      15. Describe simultaneous actions
      16. Transact purchases
      17. Describe clothes used on various occasions
      18. Provide multiple reasons
      19. Give culturally appropriate answers to questions
      20. Write a formal letter
      21. Read a newspaper-style article
      22. Read various brochures
    4. Cultural Component of Communication Competency
  

  • JPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II [SUN# JPN 2202]

    5 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
    5 lecture periods 0 lab periods

    Continuation of JPN 201 . Includes speaking and listening, grammar, personal transactions, and using more complex sentence structure in a cultural context within which Japanese conversations take place. Also includes Hiragana, Katakana, and 365 Kanji characters.

    Prerequisite(s): JPN 201  
    Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options and G; Meets CTE A&H and G.

      button image Prior Learning and link to PLA webpage

    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. Demonstrate Japanese speaking skills by using intermediate level grammar structures and expressions in conversational topics such as gift giving-receiving experiences, and express simultaneous actions, hypothetical conditions and possibility and capabilities, complaints and apologies.
    2. Demonstrate listening skills in Japanese by identifying the main idea and some detail, and being able to answer questions based upon the familiar and/or authentic dialogue.
    3. Demonstrate ability to write by using hiragana, katakana, and kanji by responding to questions on familiar topics such as procedures, explaining important points, customs, regulations, and so forth.
    4. Demonstrate ability to read in hiragana, katakana and kanji by recognizing the main ideas and some details written text in Japanese based on familiar or authentic material while using Japanese reading strategies.
    5. Demonstrate further cultural norms, values, and beliefs through speaking and/or writing to identify Japanese speaking regions.
    Outline:
    1. Speaking and Listening
      1. Oral exercises
      2. Tapes listening exercises
    2. Writing and Reading
      1. Kanji (approximately 115 new kanji)
      2. Writing formal letters
      3. Writing and reading exercises
    3. Grammar
      1. Analogy and exemplification
      2. Attributes
      3. Describing appearance
      4. Causatives
      5. Expectations
      6. Colloquial speech
      7. Expressing the frequency of actions and events
      8. Describing changes in state
      9. Honorific and humble forms
      10. Passives
      11. Describing efforts
      12. Conditionals
      13. Requests
      14. Causative-passive
      15. Expressing concessions
      16. Describing occasional happenings
      17. Expressing conviction
      18. Expressing the speaker’s emotional involvement
      19. Expressing logical conclusions
      20. Decisions made by others
    4. Personal Transactions
      1. Engaging in conversations about health-related issues
      2. Job searches and interviews
      3. Discussing Japanese (popular) culture and media
      4. Discussing nature and pollution
      5. Business phone calls