Japanese

This basic Japanese course is designed to improve speaking skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The overall goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections. 

This course is designed for students who have some experience learning Japanese, enhancing their listening and speaking skills.  The course design is based on sentence structures and grammatical patterns learned in the course, ESSENTIAL JAPANESE 2M, which is recommended to take simultaneously with this course. 

This course aims to help students gain a foundation in spoken and written Japanese for academic purposes through topics on society and culture. The target level is CEFR B1.2. Prerequisite: “J4:Japanese” or equivalent. Ten class hours/week. 

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
express, understand, or interact with others on a variety of familiar social subjects or slightly abstract contents if the argument is not delivered in complex structure and the development of the argument is clear, and
speak and write appropriately according to the situation.

This course is designed for students at the intermediate level. The course provides opportunities to increase vocabulary and grammar through reading newspaper articles as well as developing speech techniques necessary to state one's opinions about the articles. Through this course, students also gain a deeper understanding of Japanese society. 

Textbook: Instructor-created materials. 

This class is aimed at intermediate level students. It focuses on listening practice, and increases knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, while improving listening comprehension and oral expression. Through this class, students also gain a deeper understanding of Japanese society.

Textbook: Teacher-created materials. 

This is a Japanese language course for non-JLP students designed for students who have a fundamental knowledge of Japanese honorifics. It aims to improve students’ ability of using Japanese honorifics in both spoken and written language. By practicing polite Japanese in various situations or contexts, students learn the relation between Japanese culture and Japanese language, Japanese way of thinking, and Japanese communication.