5.00 Credits
Through lecture, one-on-one sessions with the instructor, class discussion, and activities, students will learn and demonstrate: Describing multiple events; making a polite request; asking for and granting permission; explaining reasons; offering help; progressive actions; physical attributes; purpose of movement; counting people; informal speech in the present and past tense; describing and quoting one's thoughts; one's abilities; the subject particle "ga"; describing people using verbs; present perfect in the negatives; comparison between two items or more; indicating the same item using "no"; expressing one's intention; changes form the past; describing the means of actions; learning approximately 100 Chinese characters; cultural perspectives, diversity and daily life in Japan. This content is delivered through interactive lecture, multimedia presentation, partner and group work, and instructor modeling of concepts. This course addresses diverse issues during cultural lessons (e.g., Japanese tradition, education, housing, religions and festivals.)