- Online
- $425
If you have already had experience with Japanese through a conversational beginner course, this is the right level for you. Add to your basic vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. In addition to improving your functional ability when speaking in the present tense, you begin to express yourself in the past and future tenses. Native-speaking instructors provide you with insight into the culture, traditions and etiquette of Japan. The Japanese writing system of katakana is introduced at this level.
Course outline
Course objectives
- Build vocabulary and fluency in everyday situations
- Learning the verb forms and sentence patterns for different situations such as: inviting someone for something requesting something asking for permission
Course content
- Adjectives
- Inviting and suggesting: Let’s do … Would you like to …
- Expressing desire: I want to do such and such
- Talking about your health: Parts of the body, health related words
- Comparisons: Which do you like better, A or B?
- Verb conjugations: Learning verb forms
- Action in progress: Someone is doing such and such
- Verb “to wear”: Describing what the person is wearing
- Making requests: Please do such and such
- Asking for permission: May I do such and such
- Refusal: Please don’t do such and such
- Describing locations and Giving directions: There is something …, Something is at …, Go straight, turn right, and such and such is on your left
- Katakana: Learn to read and write the Japanese Katakana characters used for words of foreign origin
Requisites
Prerequisite: Japanese Beginner I or equivalent.
Course format
This course may be offered online, in-person, or a combination of both. Please see Available Sessions for details on the course format.
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