INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE GRAMMAR & READING COMPREHENSION II (CHUUKYUU BUNPOU & DOKKAI II) (4 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify the form of grammar in Japanese N3 level (intermediate level) and understand the differences in similar sentence patterns; Explain the meaning of the whole text in Dokkai N3 level and answer questions from the text with grammatically correct Japanese; Apply Japanese N3 level (intermediate level) sentence patterns in simple paragraphs.

Topics:

1. Object of action;
2. Purpose/Means/Media;
3. Starting & Ending Points/Limits/Range;
4. Time and Place of Action;
5. Concurrent Actions / Sequential Action;
6. Progressive Actions / Correlations;
7. Review;
8. Comparison / Degree / Contrast;
9. Standpoint of Judgment / Viewpoint of Evaluation;
10. Non-Limitation/ Additions;
11. Emphatic Expressions;
12. Tendency /Condition / Appearance;
13. Review.