JPNS-201 Intermediate Japanese I
In order to improve their ability to communicate at the intermediate level, students apply four language skills - listening, speaking, writing, and reading - by exchanging, interpreting, and presenting information in multiple tenses and contexts. Students deepen the comparisons of Japanese-speaking cultures, practices, perspectives, and artifacts to students' own cultures; connect the Japanese language to other relevant disciplines; and expand their use of the Japanese language outside of the classroom in a variety of contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around the theme.
Prerequisite
JPNS-102 or equivalent proficiency
Hours Weekly
4 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Apply four language skills: listening, speaking, writing, and reading at the first intermediate
level.
- 2. Communicate organized ideas in Japanese using interpersonal, interpretative, and
presentational modes.
- 3. Convey meaning creatively using spontaneous language production that includes verbal and
non-verbal cues mediated with technology and/or other techniques. - 4. Self-monitor and collaborate, adjusting language production and communication style to
articulate ideas, taking into consideration audience and contexts. - 5. Expand situational and practical vocabulary within cultural contexts.
- 6. Explore world views through analysis of global events and issues that pertain to the target
language and cultures.
- 7. Analyze cultural practices and/or artifacts giving details of the perspectives and values that
shaped them. - 8. Use language both within and beyond the classroom to connect to multilingual communities.
Course Objectives
- 1. Apply four language skills: listening, speaking, writing, and reading at the first intermediate
level.
- 2. Communicate organized ideas in Japanese using interpersonal, interpretative, and
presentational modes.
- 3. Convey meaning creatively using spontaneous language production that includes verbal and
non-verbal cues mediated with technology and/or other techniques. - 4. Self-monitor and collaborate, adjusting language production and communication style to
articulate ideas, taking into consideration audience and contexts. - 5. Expand situational and practical vocabulary within cultural contexts.
- 6. Explore world views through analysis of global events and issues that pertain to the target
language and cultures.
- 7. Analyze cultural practices and/or artifacts giving details of the perspectives and values that
shaped them. - 8. Use language both within and beyond the classroom to connect to multilingual communities.