Schedule of Classes

Development of communication skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in Japanese. Emphasis on the practice of vocabulary and grammatical structures in meaningful communicative tasks and authentic cultural contexts. Includes introduction to grammar and alphabets (hiragana and katakana) and kanji. Course offered through Illinois Wesleyan University. First course in three-course sequence.

Further refinement of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in meaningful communicative tasks and authentic cultural contexts. Higher communicative skills will be reached by learning another hundered kanji as well as complex grammar structures. Course offered through Illinois Wesleyan University. Third course in three-course sequence.