Designed for students who have had approximately 300 hours of formal instruction at the college level. Students must be comfortable with hiragana and katakana, and know approximately 300 to 400 kanji. Students will first go through a review of basic grammatical patterns. The remaining weeks in the course will be given over to the study of reading and video materials drawn from a wide range of everyday sources.

Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Intermediate High

Required Text:
Oka, Mayumi, et al (2009), Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese ISBN: 978-4-87424-447-0

Oka, Mayumi, et al (2010), Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese - Kanji Workbook ISBN: 978-4-87424-487-6 C0081

Oka, Mayumi, et all (2012), Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese - Grammar Power ISBN: 978-4-87424-570-5