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  • 4.00 Credits

    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.
  • 4.00 Credits

    5 hours lecture, 5 hours independent practice or lab per week Prerequisite(s): JPNS 101 or JPNS 131. JPNS 132 is a continuation of JPNS 131. Second 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 132, the student should be able to: Recognize long utterances in Japanese. Orally produce compound sentences and recognize complex sentences. Begin to think in the word order of Japanese. Recognize and use approximately 1,200 words. Refer to people's age, occupations, weather, pains and physical condition, probability, intention, action in progress, state of being, changes, ability, and other people's remarks. Interact with Japanese guests to make simple decisions and choices, including telephone conversations on routine matters. Perform limited business tasks such as registering hotel guests, arranging for transportation, and working as a tour guide. Begin to realize cultural norms and expectations, and the borderless nature of the present world.
  • 4.00 Credits

    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
  • 4.00 Credits

    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.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): JPNS 102 with a grade of "C" or higher or instructor consent. Comment: JPNS 257 (Alpha) is not intended to be used as a substitute for JPNS 201 or JPNS 202. JPNS 257 (Alpha) is an intermediate-level language course using various content areas to further develop Japanese language skills and understanding of Japanese culture. Possible content areas include: History, Economics, Anthropology, Cuisine, Politics, Popular Culture, Film, Sociology, Music, and Geography/Demographics. Upon successful completion of JPNS 257 (Alpha), the student should be able to: Identify Japanese patterns of social interaction and behavior. Describe various aspects of Japanese culture. Express the diversity and the linguistic variety in Japanese culture, orally and in writing. Explain how Japanese culture is influenced by globalization. Recognize the links between language and culture. Get information from written text as well as from other media. Use content as a tool for the investigation into language and culture. Express opinions orally and in writing about the content using appropriate vocabulary and grammar. Communicate content effectively through class discussions, written assignments, oral presentations, etc. Relate orally and in writing personal experiences related to the content.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): JPNS 102 with a grade of "C" or higher or instructor consent. Comment: JPNS 257B is not intended to be used as a substitute for JPNS 201 or JPNS 202. JPNS 257B is an intermediate-level course focusing on learning the Japanese language through the culture 4 through Pop Culture, specifically through Japanese animations and videos. Japanese animations and videos provide the viewer with glimpses of the subtle and sometimes not so subtle aspects of Japanese language and culture. Thus, if one views these with an eye for what can be learned about the Japanese language, one's understanding of Japanese language and culture will increase significantly. In addition to the general JPNS 257 (Alpha) competencies, upon successful completion of JPNS 257B, the student should be able to: Produce and respond to sentence-length utterances that consist of a recombination of new and previously learned elements in a limited number of content areas found within pop culture as seen through anime. Engage in spontaneous face-to-face conversations dealing with a variety of basic and social needs that use the grammatical patterns and vocabulary found within anime. Handle a variety of uncomplicated, basic and communicative tasks and social situations found within anime. Look up unknown vocabulary and phrases found in anime by using dictionaries to create personal vocabulary and pattern lists. Identify ways in which the language is influenced by the culture as demonstrated through the behavior of the characters in animation and video. Identify Japanese patterns of social interaction as seen in anime. Use Japanese social phrases and manners learned from anime.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): JPNS 102 with a grade of "C" or higher or instructor consent.Comment: JPNS 257C is not intended to be used as a substitute for JPNS 201 or JPNS 202. JPNS 257C is an intermediate-level Japanese course that utilizes the Japanese language to learn about the Samurai Culture in Japanese history. The course will focus on the language to learn how the culture of the samurai developed from the Kamakura Period in the late 1100s out of the clanships. This course will also include the influence of Zen Buddhism on the culture of the samurai and the change of the samurai from warrior to courtier during the Tokugawa period (1603 to 1867). This course will also discuss the changes in the Japanese language and the impact of the samurai culture on modern Japan. In addition to the general JPNS 257 (Alpha) competencies, upon successful completion of JPNS 257C, the student should be able to: Produce and respond to sentence-length utterances that consist of a recombination of new and previously learned elements in a limited number of content areas as seen through the study of samurai culture. Engage in spontaneous face-to-face conversations dealing with a variety of basic and social needs that use the grammatical patterns and vocabulary found within the study of samurai culture. Handle a variety of uncomplicated, basic and communicative tasks and social situations found within the study of samurai culture. Look up unknown vocabulary and phrases found in the study of samurai culture by using dictionaries to create personal vocabulary and pattern lists. Identify Japanese patterns of social interaction as seen in the study of samurai culture. Use Japanese social phrases and manners learned from the study of samurai culture.
  • 4.00 Credits

    3 hours lecture/ 3 hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): Students must be native,bilingual, bilingual speakers of Japanese,orAdvancedlevelstudents, or Advanced level students with approval of the instructor. Comment: JPNS 290 is conducted in bothJapaneseboth Japanese and English.5 JPNS 290 is designed to prepare students to serve as Japanese language and culture resourcesons on campus and in the community through service learning experiences.Applicationofthe"realworld Application of t "he "real world"community service experiences,culturalreadings,s , cultural readings, and personal reflections will serve as the basis for communicative activities in classUpon successful completion of JPNS 290,students0 , students should be able to: Describe the diversity and variety of Japanese culture orally and in writing about their service learning community experiences and assigned readings; Demonstrate the job-related skills gained from the practical work experience in the supervised community volunteer activities; Evaluate orally and in writing the service learning activities using appropriate vocabulary and grammar in communicative activities, discussions, and writing activities; Describe orally in classroom discussion, and in reflective journals and essays, the needs of the community; Apply orally and in writing critical thinking and problem-solving skills related to their service-learning experiences. List similarities and differences between Japanese and U.S. culture from various perspectives and values. Construct a relationship between language learning and culture. Demonstrate effective communication skills in both the students' heritage and U.S. cultures.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 hours lecture per week Using the audio-lingual approach, JPNS 50 teaches the student to comprehend and speak in Japanese. It is specially designed for those students planning to work in the visitor industry and for those who wish to speak Japanese without obtaining the mastery of conversational Japanese. It also provides an orientation to Japanese culture to aid in understanding the Japanese visitor to Hawai'i. Upon successful completion of JPNS 50, the student should be able to: Acquire a limited vocabulary, a workable knowledge of Japanese expressions, and a fair background in the culture of Japan to enable him to communicate with the Japanese visitors in hotels, restaurants, shops and offices, at travel desks. Reproduce orally ten common everyday greetings. Demonstrate the Japanese and Chinese counting system of numbers one through twelve in terms of people and in telling time. Give directions from one place to another using terms: here, there, over there, where, right, left, turn, straight, up, and down. Practice a conversation with another person using expressions covered in lessons. Answer and take a message on the phone. Demonstrate the Chinese counting system of numbers one through a hundred and express them in monetary terms. Given a list of store items in English, state the Japanese equivalent. Given a list of store items in Japanese, state the English equivalent. Express colors and clothing sizes in Japanese. Carry on conversation, using at least twenty simple phrases with customers at a hotel, restaurant, gift shop, and office. Given a list, pronounce twenty Americanized Japanese words accurately. Explain the American 4 percent excise tax in Japanese. Given a list of sizes of clothing and footwear items, state the Japanese equivalent. Reproduce orally twenty idiomatic expressions commonly used in hotels, restaurants, and at travel desks. Given a list of names of the week, days, and months, state the Japanese equivalent. Given a list of menu items in Japanese, pronounce twenty names of food and drink accurately. Given a list of menu items in English, state the Japanese equivalent. Demonstrate knowledge of the Chinese counting system of numbers beyond one hundred. Identify Chinese characters commonly found in hotels, restaurants, airports, and sightseeing areas, and state their meaning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week KOR 101 builds a basic foundation that will enable students to acquire and develop language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Korean in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner. Upon successful completion of KOR 101, the student should be able to: Engage in basic communicative exchanges, mainly through learned materials. Make to ask simple questions and answers, primarily by relying on memorized utterances. Ask for meanings of unknown words in Korean and to expand their vocabulary. Read simple written materials that are linguistically noncomplex and have a clear underlying basic structure. Write a limited number of self-introductions and recombine memorized material into simple statements or question.
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