JPN 201 Second Year Japanese, Term 1

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Provides extensive practice in all four language skills (reading, writing speaking, and listening). Includes cultural and literary readings and an in-depth review and expansion of basic Japanese grammar and vocabulary, as well as a broadening of the understanding of Japanese culture. All classroom interaction (both by instructor and students) takes place in Japanese.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 or higher; or completion of WR 090 (or concurrent enrollment), or WR 115 or higher; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Recommended: JPN 103, or three years of high school Japanese. (With a grade of C or better.)

Student Learning Outcomes:

Respond to a larger range of everyday conversation, within limited topics.
Talk about everyday situations, focusing on the topics of food and clothes.
Interpret simple, short reading materials, including semi-authentic materials.
Write the vocabulary and simple sentences learned in class using the appropriate Hirangana and Katakana script and about 175 Kanji characters, including ones introduced in JPN101, 102, and 103.

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline
Includes the material from Yookoso!, Chapters 5 and 6, in addition to any materials provided by the instructor.

Chapter 6
- Expressing past experience
- Expressing a desire
- Expressing an opinion
- Expressing excessiveness
- Expressing intention
- Expressing giving (something) a try
- Expressing completion of an action
- Expressing simultaneous actions
Chapter 7
- Talking about shops, stores, and clothes
- Using temporal clauses
- Using indefinite pronoun no
- Using the t=5 conditional
- Expressing purpose
- Using hearsay
- Expressing reasons