In addition, students will develop comprehension of current financial broadcasts on tape. All class material consists of contemporary authentic texts in Japanese. Professor McCaskey 331, 332. This course aims to improve reading skills through reading of current events taken from recent periodicals. It emphasizes accurate comprehension, fluency in reading, and expansion of social, economic, and political vocabulary.
Active participation is required.
This course will use WWW and multimedia learning tools, as well as conventional written materials, to assist integrated Japanese learning. The oral proficiency test for SFS students will be given in this course. Ms. Hashimoto 333, 334. Close readings in Japanese of selected writings from major scholars in history, media and social criticism will be combined with video, comics and primary documents. Classes will combine rigorous analyses of the texts with student presentations and discussion on issues related to the reading.