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. Permission of instructor. 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.
Reading Japanese . Intensive Second-Year Japanese. Japanese 102 or 361, and permission of instructor. Discussions on the social and cultural use of language are provided. Intensive Third-Year Japanese.