It aims at further development of communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. More sophisticated vocabulary and more complex sentence structures required for interpersonal communications as well as for interpretation of written texts are introduced. The traditional as well as pop culture that permeate the present Japan are introduced. The class time is mainly devoted to the development of listening and speaking skills. A typical class starts with the presentation of new materials, practice of the materials presented, and student presentation of the materials learned.
Homework is given in forms of reading and writing assignments on the materials introduced in class.
Approximately 100 new kanji are introduced in this course. The students are encouraged to use a Japanese word processor which can be downloaded freely from Internet for writing assignment. Preparation before class and review after class are integral parts of the course. The students are requested to check with the on-line weekly schedule to be familiarized with what is scheduled for each class period as well as what is needed to be done before and after class. Supplementary materials to be assigned in class by the instructor.