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

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.

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