The student learns to hold short conversations and write about present and past actions. The student is also introduced to important elements of Japanese culture and customs of the Japanese people. This course is the continuation of Japanese 1. Using the natural approach, this course stresses vocabulary and fundamental sentence structure in the past and future indicative tenses and the subjunctive mood. Basic aural and reading comprehension is developed.
Students hold simple conversations and write short compositions.
The course includes readings of simplified texts and further study of Japanese and Japanese culture. The course consists of a review of grammar, vocabulary building, expansion of Kanji, and selected topics on Japanese culture. The difference between spoken and written Japanese is introduced. The different levels of politeness in speech are systematically covered. It focuses on building vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, current colloquial usage, and developing fluency.