JPNS 202 - Intermediate Japanese II KCC AA/HSL

Institution:

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 201, or satisfactory score on language placement test, or instructor's consent JPNS 202 is the second half of an intermediate course on spoken and written Japanese. It continues 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 202, the student should be able to: Sustain understanding over longer stretches of connected discourse on a number of topics, such as asking and giving directions, gift exchanging, employment, making complaints, and environmental issues. Handle successfully most uncomplicated communicative tasks and social situations. Initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation with a number of strategies to a range of circumstances and topics aforementioned. Produce limited number of connected discourse in descriptions and narration. Read consistently with full understanding simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs about which students have personal interest and/or knowledge. Obtain main ideas and information from descriptive and narrative texts using 390 basic kanji (150 new kanji will be introduced in this course). Meet most practical writing needs and social demands. Write simple letters, brief synopses and paraphrases, summaries of biographical data, work, and school experience. Describe and narrate familiar topics in paragraphs.

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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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