Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion students should be able to:

1. Read and identify the topic and related information from simple texts written in Japanese.
2. Write sentences and some connected sentences about familiar topics and situations.
3. Speak about familiar topics and everyday situations using simple sentences and appropriate follow up questions.
4. Listen and identify the topic and related information from short talks and conversations in Japanese.
5. Identify differences between one's own cultures and Japanese cultural products and practices.

Students will be assessed by any combination of the following: 

• Active participation in class

• Individual presentations

• Contextual written tasks to assess reading, writing, cultural, and  listening competencies

• Quizzes over syllabaries and Kanji

• Oral interviews with partner or instructor

Includes all or most of the following: 

1. Potential form verbs 

2. Expressions of frequency

3. Verbs of giving and receiving

4. Volitional form of verbs

5. Complex relative clauses

6. Expressing indirect experience

7. Expressing multiple reasons 

8. Shifting topic

9. Expressing an attempt

10. Expressing desire for an object  

11. Express uncertainty and possibility

12. Conveying recommendations

13. Describe people and things in detail

14. Make suggestions and preparations

15. Reads, writes and understands Kana syllabaries and 190 Kanji