The course is an introduction to the Japanese language and culture, stressing both spoken and written Japanese. It teaches listening, speaking, visual recognition, and writing skills through active participation by the students in communicative situations. By the end of the course, the students are able to initiate, and to some degree, sustain oral communication in Japanese, gaining recognition and writing ability of "hiragana", "katakana", and some "kanji", the three sets of symbols used in written Japanese, while understanding some fundamentals of Japanese social values and ways of thinking. Fall.

This course continues to engage students in listening, speaking, reading and writing. An interpersonal mode is stressed in communicative contexts. By the end of the course, the students are able to initiate, and to a greater degree sustain oral communication with some cultural nuances. Kanji recognition and writing is increased via e-mail, calligraphy and simple handwriting. The students are expected to learn approximately 80 "kanji" in Japanese.

This course proceeds with an integrated approach and rebalances the four language skills. Speaking and listening continue to be a focal point while more emphasis is placed on writing and reading. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are developed into an interpretative mode while expanding the interpersonal one. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to perform communicative tasks such as description, interpretation, comparison, giving suggestions and asking questions in a culturally acceptable manner. Students are expected to recognize and master 150 Kanji.

This course must be taken concurrently with Japanese 2010 and enhances the oral aspect of Japanese 2010. It meets once a week to expand students' oral competence in dealing with topics and themes presented in Japanese.

The class engages students in more complex communicative contexts. The four basic language skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, are now entering into a preliminarily interpretative mode while we continue to expand the interpersonal one. Basic grammar patterns will be thoroughly taught. By the end of the course, orally in a communicable manner, the students are expected to have the basic survival abilities to live in Japanese society using fundamental Japanese language structures and common vocabulary related to everyday and communication needs. Some basic Japanese honorific forms will also be introduced. Students are expected to master 200 Kanji and to be able to write greeting letters, career objectives, diaries, and memos, among other simple writings.

This course must be taken concurrently with Japanese 2020. Japanese 2021 is an oral class and enhances the speaking aspect of Japanese 2020. It meets once a week to expand students' oral competence in dealing with topics and themes presented in the regular Japanese 2020 class.

This course integrates language and cultural studies through calligraphy—the writing of Chenese Hanzi and Japanese Kanji. It is open to both language and non-language students. This course carries a Global Heritage designation. It is conducted in English. Fall or Spring.

This course will complete the study of basic Japanese grammar and syntax. The four basic language skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, are mainly in an interpretative mode. The communicative context is idea or opinion-oriented and requires interpretative, subjective and emotional expressions and responses. Orally in a culturally and pragmatically appropriate manner, the students are expected to initiate, sustain and expand conversations on various topics beyond their daily lives. Cultural differences and social relationships will be introduced and brought to discussions in Japanese as vital aspects of cultural studies. By the end of the term, the students will have been introduced to all the basic grammar patterns of Japanese and will have mastered a total of at least 300 "kanji".

This course must be taken concurrently with Japanese 3010. Japanese 3011 is an oral class and enhances the speaking aspect of Japanese 3010. It meets once a week to expand students oral competence in dealing with topics and themes presented in the regular Japanese 3010 class.

In this course we further practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing to attain a more authentic and more native-like language acquisition. While listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are still developed in an interpretative mode, they progress towards a presentational direction. The communicative context at 3020 level represents a bridge for students to cross back and forth from the interpersonal to the interpretative and to the presentational. Orally, the students are expected to initiate, sustain, expand, and deepen conversations on various topics in a culturally appropriate manner. Cultural components will be emphasized and significant individuals and some historic/philosophic/ literary aspects are studied together with language acquisition. Approximately 400 Kanji are expected to be recognized and put into use for thematic writing.

This course must be taken concurrently with Japanese 3020. This is an oral class and enhances the speaking aspect of Japanese 3020. It meets once a week to expand students oral competence in dealing with topics and themes presented in the regular Japanese 3020 class.

Culture is manifested in language and language verbalizes culture. This course studies how Chinese and Japanese languages and cultures reflect this symbiotic relation. Students are engaged in an intercultural dialogue with a linguistic approach. Open to both language and non-language students, it is conducted in English and carries a Global Heritage designation. Fall or Spring.

Students have one of the two options to take this course: Senior Project/Thesis in the discipline of Japanese language and culture within the Department of Modern Languages Interdisciplinary Senior Project/Thesis between the Department of Modern Languages and other Departments/Programs.

The course is typically designed for students who have declared their majors (optional for minors) in Japanese, and who are planning (or occcasionally, have already done) study abroad. Students are expected to perform advanced-level tasks. The four basic language skills, listening, speaking, reading, and wrting are honed with the purpose to present a theme, a topic or to make a point. Authentic materials will be incorporated into reading and listening. Cultivating students' awareness and appreciation of the richness of the culture of Japanese-speaking world is thematically structured and is the foundation of this class. About 500 Kanji are expected to be recognized and put into use for thematic writing.