An introductory course in conversational Japanese. Supplemental activities include viewing a Japanese movie and cartoons, speaking with occasional Japanese guests, learning calligraphy, visiting a tea center in Manhattan and a Japanese plaza in New Jersey, using a computer to learn and write characters and text, and creating a video skit. Grade 8 Students continue studying the language they began in grade 7 or earlier. Where possible, classes are sectioned according to students' backgrounds. 8 A review and enhancement of basic grammar and skill in oral communication.
Readings vary from section to section.
Vocabulary is taken from the readings, the texts, and classroom situations. Students prepare skits and other oral work for presentation to the class. There are occasional dictations. II A course that completes the introduction of grammar, including participles and the subjunctive mood and its uses. With Ecce Romani II, this course prepares the students to begin to read Latin literature.