Fourth Year Japanese I

(8 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is designed for students who have had fewer than 200 hours of Japanese instruction. Students should have already mastered hiragana and katakana in order to enter this level. It covers basic introductory Japanese grammar, explains how to make simple sentences and question sentences, illustrates how to use the most common adjectives, introduces the three Japanese verb types, shows how to make the present and past tense forms, and describes how to make requests. Upon completion of this level, students are expected to be able to deal with daily and specific matters in various situations that involve speaking and listening. By the end of the semester, students will be able to read and write short passages using the grammar and expressions covered in this course and handle 150 kanji in addition to hiragana and katakana. This course is designed to improve overall Japanese proficiency for communication, and reading and writing skills.