- Online, In-Person
- $435 - $445
If you have already had experience with Japanese through a conversational beginner course, this is the right level for you. Add to your basic vocabulary in everyday situations. Expand sentence structure by learning adjectives and additional verb forms. Native-speaking instructors provide you with insight into the culture, traditions and etiquette of Japan. Master both the reading and writing of Hiragana and begin to learn Katakana.
Course outline
Course objectives
- Build vocabulary and fluency for discussing everyday situations
- Learn the necessary adjectives to describe feelings, places, people and things
- Learn verb forms and sentence patterns to extend invitations, make requests and ask for permission
Course content
- Explaining your reasons for going somewhere
- Inviting and suggesting: Let’s do … Would you like to …
- Adjectives and conjugations
- Expressing desire: 1) what I want and 2) I want to do (something)
- Talking about your health: Parts of the body, health-related words
- Comparisons: 1) Which do you like better, A or B? and 2) What do you like the best?
- Verb forms and conjugations
- Describing actions in progress: Someone is doing such and such
- Using the verb “to wear”: Describing people by what they are wearing
- Making requests: Please do such and such
- Asking for permission: May I do such and such
- Describing locations and giving directions: There is something …, Something is at …
- Talking about family members: How many people, who they are, what they do, where they are, etc.
- Hiragana: Master reading and writing Hiragana
- Katakana: Learn to read and write the Japanese Katakana characters used for words of foreign origin
Requisites
Prerequisite: Japanese Beginner I or equivalent.
How am I assessed?
This is a non-credit course without letter or numerical grades. You receive verbal feedback on your conversation and grammar skills from your instructor during class. Written homework is typically corrected in class. Some lesson modules may include quizzes.
Record of completion
A record of completion will be emailed to students who participate and satisfy the course requirements within two weeks of the course end date. Course completion means 80% attendance and/or 80% completion of mandatory assignments.
Course format
This course may be offered online, in-person, or a combination of both. Please see Available Sessions for details on the course format.
Materials will be available in Canvas for three weeks after the course ends, after which time you will no longer be able to access the course.
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