Japanese

This is a listening and speaking course that improves conversational skills and listening comprehension by recreating daily social interactions. The course aims to provide opportunities to speak in lengthy sentences, and improve daily communication skills outside the classroom. 

This course teaches Japanese using honorific words, or keigo, used in everyday life and at work. Students practice and acquire contextual skills in conversation and listening.
 

Eligibility: A2.1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N3 in the JLPT).
 

This is a beginning Japanese langauge course designed for students who have never studied Japanese before. The course teaches the basics of Japanese language and focuse on communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. 

By the end of the course, participants are expected to:

• Use common phrases in daily communication; 
• Exchange simple information and engage in familiar topics; 
• Talk about personal information, experiences, and simple comments in Japanese; 
• Read simple texts and notices written in hiragana, katakana and simple kanji, and
• Write phrases and sentences using simple expressions and words from model texts.