BEGINNING JAPANESE II HONORS

Catalog description

This honors course is designed to expand the fundamentals of communicating in Japanese, including listening comprehension, reading, writing, and basic conversation. Emphasis is on the comprehension of native spoken and written Japanese. Throughout the course, grammar plays a supportive role in the acquisition of basic competency in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Japanese. The course expands upon Japanese syllabic symbols and selected kanji characters. It also presents aspects of Japanese daily life and culture. JA 2H is enriched with more rigorous writing assignments, research projects of Japanese culture that develop critical thinking, and an oral presentation in Japanese related to Japanese culture. Credit may be earned in either JA 2 or 2H, but not both.