Middlebury

JAPN3401A-L16

Intermediate Japanese II

Designed for students who had approximately 400 hours of instruction at the college level. Students coming into this course should be able to read about 500 to 800 kanji. A variety of materials—essays, short stories,TV programs, and newspaper articles— will be used as texts.These materials are chosen not only as tools for language instruction, but also as a means to increase understanding of the socio-cultural background of contemporary Japan.The aim is to get students to function at an advanced level; that is, to be able to read most modern Japanese written materials with the aid of dictionary and to be able to handle most conversational tasks, including formal situations, with relative ease.

Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Advanced Low

Required Text:

“New Authentic Japanese: Progressing From Intermediate to Advanced” Authors: Osamu Kamada, Fusako Beuckmann, Yoshiko Tomiyama, & Machiko Yamamoto. Publisher: The Japan Times

“Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced Workbook” Authors: Osamu Kamada, Fusako Beuckmann, Yoshiko Tomiyama, & Machiko Yamamoto. Publisher: The Japan Times
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60026
Subject Code:
JAPN
Course Number:
3401
Section Identifier:
A

Course

JAPN 3401

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JAPN3401A-L16 Lecture (Takahashi, Murakami, Tashiro)