JPNS 201 - Intermediate Japanese I KCC AA/HSL

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Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in JPNS 102, or satisfactory score on language placement test, or instructor's consent JPNS 201 is the first half of an intermediate course on spoken and written Japanese. It is designed to reinforce the fundamentals of the Japanese language skills introduced in the elementary level. It also aims at developing the functional ability to communicate in Japanese beyond the survival level. Upon successful completion of JPNS 201, the student should be able to: Understand sentence-length utterances that consist of a recombination of new and previously learned elements in a limited number of content areas, such as weather, climate, travel, asking for favors, explaining procedures, observing rules, and career planing and preparation. Understand increased but limited number of simple paragraph-length utterances. Understand spontaneous face-to-face conversations as well as short routine telephone conversations and some deliberate speech, such as simple announcements and reports. Handle a variety of uncomplicated, basic and communicative tasks and social situations. Ask and answer questions and participate in simple conversations in the aforementioned situations. Produce slightly longer utterances. Read consistently, with increased understanding, simply connected texts dealing with a variety of basic and social needs, such as personal letters, messages, journals, and narrative accounts of events of interest. Such texts are written in hiragana, katakana, and about 240 frequently used kanji (150 kanji are introduced in this course). Obtain necessary information from simple authentic texts using skimming and scanning skills. Meet a number of simple practical writing needs, such as simple personal letters, messages, and journals with content involving personal preferences, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal experience. 3

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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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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