JPNS 131 - Japanese Conversation and Culture I/Business and Tourism Industry KCC AA/DH

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Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

5 hours lecture, 5 hours independent practice or lab per week JPNS 131 focuses on beginning level Japanese to develop oral communication skills. Includes oral drills and individual practice for forming Japanese sentences. Also discusses cultural information that forms part of the language. Covers vocabulary and situations appropriate for the business and hospitality industries. A communicative approach emphasizes questions and answers and situational role-plays. Upon successful completion of JPNS 131, the student should be able to: Recognize short utterances in Japanese. Orally produce simple, short sentences. Refer to present, past, and future events. Count people, animals, objects, and concepts, 2 and handle monetary transactions, using numbers to 99,999,999. Recognize and use approximately 600 words, including those which express activities, location, time, duration, colors, size, and shapes. Perform limited business tasks such as retailing and taking orders on tables. Interact with clients in culturally acceptable ways, employing appropriate speech style, greetings, mannerisms, and implications. Be familiar with a cultural perspective different from the student's own.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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