Additional hours to be arranged in the Modern Language Lab for Japanese 1 and 2.
JAPAN 1, ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I 5 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC Foreign Language (required for UC only) • Prerequisite: None.
This course, using a communicative approach, introduces the student to Japanese sentence structure, basic vocabulary, and the three Japanese characters, Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. The student learns to hold short conversations and write about present and past actions. The student is also introduced to important elements of Japanese culture and customs of the Japanese people.
2188 12:45p-2:15p MWF DRSCHR 213 Fujiwara-Skrobak M K
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2189 12:45p-2:15p TTh PE 150 Nishikawa M
12:45p-2:15p F DRSCHR 217
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2190 2:30p-4:55p MW DRSCHR 217 Fujiwara-Skrobak M K
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2191 2:30p-4:55p TTh PE 150 Nishikawa M
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2192 11:10a-12:40p MWF DRSCHR 213 Fujiwara-Skrobak M K
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4370 7:30p-9:55p TTh MC 66 Sugi H
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JAPAN 2, ELEMENTARY JAPANESE II 5 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC Foreign Language (required for UC only) • Prerequisite: Japanese 1*.
This course is the continuation of Japanese 1. Using the natural approach, this course stresses vocabulary and fundamental sentence structure in the past and future indicative tenses and the subjunctive mood. Basic aural and reading comprehension is developed. Students hold simple conversations and write short compositions. The course includes readings of simplified texts and further study of Japanese and Japanese culture.
*The prerequisite for this course is comparable to two years of high school Japanese.
2193 9:30a-11:00a TThF LA 217 Yoshida N A
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4371 5:00p-7:25p TTh PE 150 Nishikawa M
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4372 7:30p-9:55p MW LS 205 Kawanishi Y
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JAPAN 3, INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I 5 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: Japanese 2*.
This course continues developing the student’s four communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing with intensive and extensive aural/oral and reading/writing exercises to achieve proficiency. The course consists of a review of grammar, vocabulary building, expansion of Kanji, and selected topics on Japanese culture. The difference between spoken and written Japanese is introduced. The written style (bungo-tai) is implemented by writing compositions. The different levels of politeness in speech are systematically covered.
*The prerequisite for this course is comparable to three years of high school Japanese.
4373 6:30p-8:55p TTh ESL 123 Takemori K
JAPAN 4, INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II 5 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: Japanese 3*.
This course concentrates on further perfecting the student’s four communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It focuses on building vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, current colloquial usage, and developing fluency. Discussions and compositions are based on selected readings. Differences between spoken and written Japanese and different levels of politeness in speech are studied. Japanese culture, history, art, literature, and political and economic issues are discussed.
The prerequisite for this course is comparable to four years of high school Japanese.
2194 9:30a-11:00a TThF DRSCHR 218 Kinjo H