Japanese 052

By the end of this language course, students should be able to say:

Interpretive Listening

Interpretive Reading

Interpersonal Speaking

Presentational Speaking

Presentational Writing

I can understand main points in a conversation on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of sources such as radio and TV programs when the delivery is relatively slow and clear

I can understand texts that consist mainly of everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in texts such as personal letters.

I can deal with most situations likely to arise when speaking with native speakers not used to interacting with non-native speakers. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life (e.g., family hobbies, work, travel, and current events).

I can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms a variety of things such as my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background, and my present or most recent job.

I can write simple connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. such as personal letters describing experiences and impressions.

Goals for Cultural Competence

The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to say that I can:

  • Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;
  • Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;
  • Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;
  • Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.

Spring 2007 Textbook(s)

Nakama Vol 2
Hatasa et al.
Haughton Mifflin, 2000.
ISBN: 0-669-28504-8

Nakama Vol 2 Workbook/Laboratory Manual
Hatasa, et al.
Haughton Mifflin, 2000.
ISBN: 0-669-28507-2