A continuation of work begun in the first and second year courses with special emphasis on building skill in reading. A major goal of the course is to move from texts written especially for students to texts written for a Chinese audience. Heavy emphasis will be placed on expanding vocabulary and learning the patterns of modern written Chinese. Intensive Beginning Japanese. The aim of the oral component is to provide the student with the speaking and comprehension skills necessary to function effectively in practical situations in a Japanese-speaking environment.
Attention is given to the social and cultural differences in the use of the language.
Intensive Second-Year Japanese. Japanese 102 or 361. Discussions on the social and cultural use of language are provided. Intensive Third-Year Japanese. Japanese 202 or 362.