JPNS102 Elementary Japanese II
Department of Language & Literature: Japanese
- I. Course Number and Title
- JPNS102 Elementary Japanese II
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250
- IV. Prerequisites
- JPNS101 (C or better) or equivalent or permission of the Department of Language & Literature
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
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Students spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class in activities, such as learning vocabulary, reading, completing written exercises, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text.
This course meets the General Education requirement in Arts/Humanities.
This course meets the General Education requirement in Diversity. - VI. Catalog Course Description
- In this continuation of study from JPNS101, students further develop the basics of listening, speaking, understanding, reading, and writing using the Hiragana and Katakana writing system, and study basic communication. The course continues to present Japanese historical and cultural backgrounds.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- acquire and demonstrate an elementary, but growing, degree of competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing [Arts/Humanities];
- recognize and respond appropriately to more common spoken situations;
- demonstrate ability to write basic sentences with some added detail in Japanese; and
- explain more common aspects of life in Japan [Diversity].
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
Grammatical topics:
Te-forms
~Tekudasai~Temoiidesu / ~Tewaikemasen
Describing two activities
~Kara
~Masyouka
Action in Process
~Teiru
Te-forms for joining sentences
Verb stem + Ni-iku
Short forms
Uses of short forms
~Naidekudasai
Verb (No/Ga sukidesu)
Ga
Nani (Ka/Mo)
Past tense short forms
Qualifying nouns with verbs and adjectives
Mada~teimasen
~Kara
Comparison
Adjective/noun + No
~Tumorida
Adjective + Naru
Dokokani/Dokonomo
~DeVocabulary and social contexts:
A day in our lives
Directions
Counting people
Parts of the body
Family
Colors
Holiday
Vacation plansCultural contexts:
Introduction to Kanji and its relation to China
Japanese manners and customs
Levels of formality -
Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- take quizzes and tests;
- complete written assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
- perform listening comprehension exercises; and
- participate in speaking tasks, which may include oral interviews, conversations, and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.
Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.
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Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Students use the textbook, workbook, and multimedia resources of first-year proficiency-based Japanese program. See course syllabus.
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Review/Approval Date - 4/04; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011; New Core 8/2015