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Japanese V |
- What is the value of learning a modern language?
- What is Japan like, and what are Japanese high-school students like?
- How do you compare between Japanese cultural values and your own values?
- What are some of the major events that the Japanese encountered in the U.S. that have impacted U.S.-Japan relations?
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- Approximately 60 new kanji
- Use of kanji in variety of contextualized reading and writing tasks
- Contemporary social issues in Japan
- Geography of Japan and major Japanese cities
- Customs and cultural norms
- Japanese art, architecture, and cuisine
- Everyday economics in Japan
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- Debate at an advanced level of oral proficiency
- Develop understanding of the Japanese via its culture, literature, history and arts
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- Weekly vocabulary and kanji quizzes
- Debate
- Grammar exams
- Creative essays and short stories
- End of unit oral exam, conferences
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Situational Functional Japanese, Drills & Notes, Volume 2, Tsukuba Language Group
Nihongo de hanasoo 3, The English Education Council, Inc.
Daily TV news, drama, and movies viewed without subtitles |
- Learn the impact of Japanese culture, technology and history on other peoples and cultures
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