JAPN 101 COURSE SLOS

Elementary Japanese

  1. Students demonstrate that they are able to communicate primarily with formulaic speech to list, enumerate, identify, express courtesies, agreement, and disagreement focusing mainly on the present tense and the proximate future within the cultural context.
  2. Students demonstrate that they are able to begin to create and respond using the language in culturally appropriate ways.
  3. Students demonstrate that they are able to think critically by manipulating the basic structure of the language to develop meaning in listening, speaking, reading and writing within the cultural context.
  4. Students demonstrate a better understanding of the culture of the language they are studying through the cultural context of the language that forms the basis of their study, internet researches and exploration of the perspectives, products, and practices of the culture.
  5. Students are able to recognize 107 hiragana, and 129 katakana characters. Students also recognize isolated words and phrases. Students scan for general meaning in semi-authentic texts or material (menus, advertisements for travel abroad).