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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 - OTHER and G; Meets CTE A&H and G.


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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Read and write Hiragana, Katakana and 365 Kanji characters.
  2. Derive meaning from and demonstrate comprehension of written Japanese from connected and/or complex texts.
  3. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate texts which have a clear, underlying internal structure.
  4. Create increasingly complex sentences in writing.
  5. Describe and narrate in coherent unified paragraphs.
  6. Follow the writing process (organizing, revising, proofreading) in Japanese.
  7. Respond to unanticipated questions on increasingly complex topics.
  8. Maintain a conversation on increasingly complex topics with moderate accuracy.
  9. Demonstrate comprehension of main ideas of lengthy aural discourse of increasingly complex topics.
  10. Demonstrate further understanding of norms, values, and beliefs of areas where Japanese language is used.

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


Effective Term:
Fall 2016