READING JAPANESE 1   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

JPNSE 1028 - READING JAPANESE 1


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introduce students to reading in Japanese through in-class and out of class activities and assignments for improving basic reading skills: dictionary skills, fluency with Katakana and Hiragana, character recognition and production of a total of 510 kanji, gaining fuller control of grammar, and increasing vocab. Size. Will also learn to recognize text genres and adopt appropriate reading strategies, deal effectively with unknown characters and vocabulary items, form expectations about the meaning of text, and other heuristic skills. Structure: lecture in English, directed in-class reading in a variety of text genres, reading out loud, listening comprehension work, etc.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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