MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

JPN201  1990 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Japanese I

1.

Identify and use verbs, including quotations, hearsay, polite extenders, spoken style Japanese, giving and receiving action/service, go/come to pick up a thing/person, nominalizing, OO-forms, and compound verbs. (I)

2.

Identify and use prepositions, including clause relationals. (II)

3.

Identify and use predicate modifiers, including time sequence, recursive TE-Form, conditional, purposive, and consequential. (III)

4.

Identify and use adjectival nouns derived from a noun. (IV)

5.

Identify and use family terms for own and other's family. (IV)

6.

Apply variations in speech, including male vs. female and formal vs. informal differences, and honorifics. (V)

7.

Use proper vocabulary and expressions when speaking the language. (VI)

8.

Identify approximately 140 new kanji Chinese characters. (VII)

9.

Identify and elaborate on basic aspects of Japanese culture. (VIII)

10.

Achieve proficiency goals based on ACTFL guidelines. (IX)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

JPN201  1990 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Japanese I

I. Verbs

A. Quotation

1. Formal

2. Informal

B. Hearsay

C. Polite Extender

1. TE-Form + irrassharu

2. 0 + V. stem + dsu

D. Spoken Style Japanese

E. Giving and Receiving of Action/Service

1. Give service to

2. Receive service from

3. Given service by

F. Go/Come to pick up a Thing/Person

1. Thing o TORI ni + iku/irassharu/ukagau

2. Person o MUKAE ni + iku/irassharu/ukagau

G. Nominalize a Verb: V. dictionary-form + no

H. OO-form of Verbs: Plain Form of mashoo

1. OO-form + suru (try to V)

2. OO-form + to + quotation verbs

I. Compound Verbs

1. V. MASU stem + HAJIMERU, OWARU, NIKUI, YASUI, and SUGIRU

2. Adj. stem/Adj. N + SUGIRU

3. TE-form + SIMAU and OKU

4. ---ni + TE-form + HOSHII (N) DESU, MORAITAI (N) DESU, and ITADAKITAI (N) DESU

II. Prepositions

A. Clause Relationals

1. A noni B

2. A node B

3. A nara B

4. A hodo B

B. Other prepositions

III. Modifiers

A. Predicate Modifiers for Time Sequence

1. Plain V/Adj + mae ni + sentence

2. Plain V/Adj + aida ni + sentence

3. TE-form + kara + sentence

4. MASU stem + nagara + sentence

5. TE-form + mo + sentence

B. Predicate Modifiers with Recursive TE-form

1. Sequential action

2. Parallel action

3. Causal relationship

C. Predicate Modifier for Conditional

1. V. BA-form + ii desu

2. V. TE-form + mo + sentence

D. Predicate Modifier for Purposive

1. V. dictionary form + tame ni

2. V. dictionary form + no ni

E. Predicate Modifier for Consequential

F. Adjectival Nouns derived from a Noun

IV. Family Terms

A. Family terms for own family

B. Family terms for others' family

V. Variations in Speech

A. Male vs Female Differences

B. Formal vs Informal Differences

C. Honorifics

VI. Vocabulary and Expressions

VII. Chinese Characters

VIII. Basic Aspects of Japanese Culture

IX. Proficiency

A. Goals

B. ACTFL Guidelines