For those who have completed Conversational Japanese I or already have basic speaking and comprehension skills, this course will improve communication abilities by using practical vocabulary and expressions. 16 hours (Textbook required)

Fee:

$179

Japanese for Busy People I: Romanized Version includes CD (Bk. 1) (Paperback) Association For Japanese-Language Teaching/Ajalt (ISBN-13: 978-4-7-7003008-5)

Overall objective of this course is to develop further skills in hearing, comprehension and speaking Japanese in diversified situations.

Week 1: Place and Location
a) Where some things are; on top, at the bottom, next to and others.
b) Ask questions about whereabouts and how to get there.
c) Reviews of interrogative pronouns.

Week 2: How and where to purchase tickets
a) Where do you go to buy tickets of all kinds? How do you ask about them? How do you ask about plans and schedules?
b) Are you secure about verb tenses?

Week 3: A reading review
a) How do you telephone? What do you say in Japanese when you pick up the telephone? What conversations will ensue?; samples
b) Lesson 12 and supplements

Week 4: How do you entertain guests?
a) What do you say when you are visiting someone's office or home?
b) Supplements

Week 5: Discussion of what you have seen;
a) A movie, theater, an exhibition or a famous place in Japan
b) Lesson 13 and supplements

Week 6: Expressions of "to give" and "to receive"
a) Discussion of Japanese language habits with age, gender, and rank.

Week 7: Inviting friends
a) to go some place, making an appointment and deciding a place to meet.
b) Lesson 14

Week 8:
a) Reviews
b) Lesson 15