Prerequisite for this class is Youkoso beginning Japanese 1 and 2. ( completed ) Or for students who have learned basic Japanese language elsewhere and display the equivalent level to Youkoso beginning Japanese 2.
Each week starts with a brief review of the previous lesson. Questions and discussions that are related to what we are learning are always welcome. Each students will participate by listening and speaking. This course will provide the basic conversational experiences, a lot of vocabularies, and hiragana ( reading and writing diacritic marks, contracted sounds, double consonants, long vowels ), katakana letters, simple grammar, and creating sentences using nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, time ( when), and prepositions. It is a fun and friendly class that should promote students' interest. The goal for this class is that learning a new language can open up a whole new world of literature, history, movies, music, games, anime, manga and other media to enjoy. Learning the language itself helps in understanding the history and the cultural differences. I would like to help students not only achieve the skills in the language, but also help their exploration of the country, Japan. This course is an extension of Youkoso beginning Japanese 2 and taking students to the next level.