Japanese Propaedeutics C - CBS (E25)

The focus of teaching is on translation and applied language use. The course enables the student to communicate in elementary to lower intermediate Japanese about general topics related to culture and society.

Building on the two previous courses, this course will dramatically expand the range of vocabulary, grammar patterns, and kanji. Teaching is based on text- and workbooks, and students will develop their skills in speaking, reading, writing in Japanese along with grammatical analysis and translation from Japanese to English. The course provides a general introduction to appropriate formality levels governing social interaction, and there is an enhanced focus on spoken production.

Activities include text reading, translation, reading aloud, written and oral translation exercises, oral interaction, teaching of Japanese characters, exercises in grammar and sentence analysis.