Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter

Goal is to further develop and enhance spoken and written Japanese in order to handle advanced concepts such as comparison and contrast of two cultures, descriptions of incidents, and social issues. 800 kanji, 1,400 new words, and higher-level grammatical constructions. Readings include authentic materials such as newspaper articles, and essays. Prerequisite: Placement Test, JAPANLNG 3. See http://japanese.stanford.edu/