INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II

Catalog description

Continuation of JAPN 2310. JAPN 2320 seeks to strengthen students' foundation in Japanese, enabling them to further acquire and develop intermediate listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students will expand their casual (direct) conversation skills, be introduced to honorific and humble language styles, and learn how and with whom to communicate at various levels in given contexts. Students will expand their kanji recognition and production, as well as their reading comprehension. They will also learn skills for writing opinion and informational responses in direct style, as well as strategies for formatting and using honorific language in letter writing. Prerequisite: C grade or better in JAPN 2310 or consent of chair. Discussion/lecture. Offered on demand.