Course Description
This course aims at the acquisition of the four basic language skills in Japanese: reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. Some basic concepts of Japanese culture will also be included.
Students are required to have mastered both HIRAGANA and KATAKANA prior to the start of this course. More KANJI (Chinese characters) will be introduced for both recognition and writing.
Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to describe their likes, and dislikes, use various adjectives to express their perception of things, places, and people, make polite requests, ask for permission to do things, decline others’ requests, describing his/her family members, and expressing one’s opinions. Students should attend all classes and are encouraged to practice Japanese every day.
