JAPAN 3360 - Advanced Intensive Japanese (FALCON)

@ Satisfies Option 1.

Spring. 16 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: JAPAN 2201 at Cornell or placement by FALCON staff. Permission of instructor is required.

R. Sukle and staff.

Students work on spoken and written Japanese from an intermediate to an advanced level, allowing students to develop fluency, accuracy, and control. The material is more complicated with practice on switching levels of politeness (formal to informal). There is great emphasis on eliciting from students complex explanations and narratives rather than one-sentence answers. By the end of the term students are able to speak in paragraph-length utterances. More emphasis is placed on application and vocabulary acquisition, allowing students to deal with natural, social interactions and to begin explaining ideas. After the texts are finished, students begin reading authentic publications from Japan aimed at a native Japanese reader, learning to discuss the contents of what they have read in Japanese.