Elementary introduction to the Japanese language. Students acquire a basic vocabulary of about 1000 words together with the most frequently used sentence structures, as well as the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries and 100 Kanji. Reading and writing training includes use of the computer for Japanese text editing.

You have mastered the basic vocabulary, the sentence structures practiced in Japanese I, as well as the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries. The focus is on broadening your functional competence and your repertoire of expressions through oral pair work, essays and readings. We deal with the following topics: inviting, refusing, arranging to meet someone; leisure; preferences; family; suggestions.

Training in colloquial Japanese / Reading of texts in Japanese on Japanese society, science and technology (600 Kanji) / Application, consolidation and expansion of the basic vocabulary and sentence structures / Presentation and discussion in Japanese /

Training in Japanese colloquial language / Reading of general texts in Japanese as well as on topics relating to natural sciences and technology (800 Kanji) / Presentation and discussion in Japanese / Writing of Japanese texts on computer / Retrieval of Japanese-language information from the Internet