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. A course in which students develop more fluency in Japanese conversation, study more complex grammatical structures, and learn to read and write about 100 new kanji. Supplemental activities include many of those listed in Japanese I and also learning about and demonstrating how to make Japanese food, going to a Japanese restaurant, creating a video commercial, learning how to write letters in Japanese, and writing to students in Japan.