Japanese IV

Course Features

• Special feature - video
• Special feature - audio
• Assignments: activity (no examples)

Course Description

This course covers Japanese: The Spoken Language lessons 17 through 22. It will further develop the four basic skills, speaking, listening, reading and writing, that students have acquired through Japanese I, II and III courses, with emphasis on oral communication skills in various practical situations. Students will learn approximately 100 Kanji characters in this course. Sessions in English cover grammar explanation, socio-cultural information and other important issues for using the language, while Japanese lessons focus on the actual use of the language, integrating students' prior knowledge with newly learned patterns, and communicating within the frame given in the class.

Other OCW Versions

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• 21G.504 Japanese IV (Spring 2020)

Course Sequences

This course is the fourth part of a six-course sequence. The sequence continues in 21G.505 Japanese V. The first course in the sequence is 21G.501 Japanese I. The second course in the sequence is 21G.502 Japanese II. The third course in the sequence is 21G.503 Japanese III.

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