Elementary Japanese I and II

This course is designed for people with little or no background in Japanese. We cover lessons 1-12 of the Genki 1 textbook and lessons 13-16 of Genki 2. This fast-track introductory course aims to develop a basic foundation in the four skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. This course introduces basic sentence patterns, vocabulary, and common expressions, which allow students to speak and write about themselves, topics of personal relevance, and some aspects of Japanese culture. After this course, students have survival-level communication skills to communicate solely in Japanese in everyday situations of daily life. This course also introduces the hiragana, katakana, and about 209 kanji (Chinese characters).