Dual-level course designed to provide continued practice in speaking Japanese and further develop oral proficiency and intercultural competence. Topics will vary each semester. Class will be conducted in Japanese and is designed for advanced-level language students and heritage speakers. This course may be repeated.
Prerequisite(s): MJPAN 2020 Japanese Stage 4: Global Connections, MJPAN 2030 Perspectives in Language and Culture, or MJPAN 2040 Connections in Language and Culture.
MJPAN 2020 Japanese Stage 4: Global Connections (5 hours)
Stage 4: Global Connections invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of Japan as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with native speakers of Japanese.
Prerequisite(s): MJPAN 2010 Japanese Stage 3: Cultural Perspectives.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MJPAN 2030 Perspectives in Language and Culture (5 hours)
Intermediate-level language course invites students to explore cultural perspectives of Japan and their own as they review and develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby enhancing their ability to interact in Japanese with more confidence on familiar topics. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MJPAN 2040.
Prerequisite(s): MJPAN 1020 Japanese Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
(Normally offered fall semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
MJPAN 2040 Connections in Language and Culture (5 hours)
Intermediate-level language course invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of Japan as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with speakers of Japanese. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MJPAN 2030.
Prerequisite(s): MJPAN 1020 Japanese Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy