By the end of the course students will
- learn Japanese writings and be able to read and comprehend a simple text.
- understand what is asked and respond to it.
- ask a question with interrogative words such as what, who, whose, when, where, how much and how long and respond to the questions.
- learn how to use the adjectives.
- be introduced to the basic verbs in -masu form(aorist) which is polite form and use them with nouns in dative case or in accusative case.
- comprehend and use the particles of cases of nouns (possessive, accusative, dative, locative and ablative ) in the proper context.
- get some knowledge about Japanese culture and customs.