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JPN 4
Prerequisites:
JPN 4 is designed for students who completed JPN 3 at UC Davis with a grade of C- or better; others can enroll with permission of the instructor, based on the student's placement test results.
Objectives:
You will learn to distinguish formal and informal situations and to speak appropriately in each. Speaking informally with friends and family is a main focus. Students learn to talk about the weather, how to plan trips, and how to make requests. Lists of new kanji information learned chapter-by-chapter with the course textbook (Makino & Hatasa, NAKAMA, vol. 2), as well as cumulative list of all kanji learned by the end of JPN 4, are available for download from the Kanji Lists page.
Spoken and written skills learned, keyed to chapters in the textbook, include being able to:
Introductory Chapter
- Speak informally about topics introduced in JPN 1-3
- Read and write diary entries
Chapter 1: Weather and Climate
- Describe and predict the weather
- Describe climates of different places in Japan and the U.S.
- Describe the characteristics of your home town and other cities
- Tell what you want to become and why
- Guess what may happen tomorrow
- Express agreement and create a sense of sharing in conversation
- Read and write weather forecasts and comparisons of the weather in different places
Chapter 2: Travel
- Talk about plans and intentions for future trips and other events
- Express opinions about classmates' plans and intentions
- Tell what you think about people, places, your school, hometown, etc.
- Report what other people said
- Introduce a new topic in conversation
- Read and write about vacation plans, travel plans, and what you will do after graduation
Chapter 3: Asking for Favors and Explaining How to Do Something
- Make polite requests to teachers, classmates, and others you want to help you with something
- Ask people not to do certain things
- Show willingness to help others
- Decline requests and invitations in appropriate ways
- Talk about how to do things in an ordered sequence, such as use tools or a machine
- Read and write instructions to follow in preparing favorite dishes
Course Materials:
- Y. Hatasa, K. Hatasa, and S. Makino. NAKAMA, vol. 2 (Houghton Mifflin, 2000), with lab manual and textbook CD.
- J. Halpern. KODANSHA KANJI LEARNERS DICTIONARY (Kodansha International, 2001).
