Students are graded on their homework assignments, the dialogues they prepare for class presentation, compositions based on the culture presentations, quizzes after each lesson of the book, and both an oral and written mid-term and final examination. Individual tutorial sessions, audio tape and computer lab exercises are available for independent work after class. The first year course provides a solid foundation in basic Japanese. Practice in the language laboratory and study outside the classroom supplement the formal instruction. The second year course presents a review of the basic patterns of Japanese and covers essential Kanji characters.
Special emphasis is placed upon the development of free conversational skills.
Genki II , byEri Banno, Yutaka Ohno, Yoko Sakane, and Chikako Shinagawa serves as the primary textbook. Third year Japanese continues to develop more complicated and more communicative abilities in all four language skills. Students develop the awareness of different styles and levels of speech, such as written and spoken styles, formal and informal speech, men's and women's speech, and especially Keigo, so that they can communicate appropriately in both written and spoken languages. In addition, the ability to read and write about more complicated ideas and the expansion of knowledge of Kanji and vocabulary are also emphasized. The class completes the advanced lessons of Miura and McGloin's Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese and utilizes selected literary works that vary from year to year.