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Undergraduate Foreign Language General

2008 Spring Term

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BEGINNING JAPANESE II

FORNLANG 102

Japanese 102 is the second semester of a two-semester, beginning Japanese language course which emphasizes oral skills but also introduces the written language (hiragana and katakana syllabaries). It also exposes students to the culture of Japan.

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BEGINNING ARABIC II

FORNLANG 112

In this second semester Arabic course students will continue to learn how to speak, read, and write Arabic in its Modern Standard form (aka MSA). The class will also provide an introduction to the customs and culture of the Arab world.

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BEGINNING CHINESE

FORNLANG 142

This course continues comprehensive training in elementary "common speech" (Mandarin) Chinese. It adopts pinyin (Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) as standard phonetic system and covers five hundred characters, commonly used sentence patterns, and the basic grammar in both spoken and written Chinese. This course also introduces students to the social and cultural context in which the language is shaped and used.

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INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I

FORNLANG 201

This is a fourth semester of sequence of Japanese language instruction. Entering students are expected to have mastered the writing system (with approximately 600 Kanji characters of the 2000 needed to be able to read newspapers and be considered fully literate). This course develops the four skill areas (listening, speaking, reading and writing) to cultivate an overall Japanese language ability. Students will continue to build vocabulary, master more serious grammar, ad work on writing/reading skills.

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INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE III

FORNLANG 203

Intermediate Japanese III is the third intermediate course in spoken and written Japanese. Students will continue to learn basic structural patterns of the Japanese language and be encouraged to further develop their proficiency in all four skill areas of the language (reading, writing, listening, speaking). as an intermediate course, however, increased attention will be given to the reading and writing in the Japanese writing system. Students will also learn aspects of Japanese culture that related to the lesson topics.

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INTERMEDIATE ARABIC II

FORNLANG 212

This fourth semester Arabic course will continue to enhance the Arabic linguistic skills and the knowledge of cultures of Arabic-speaking peoples begin in Intermediate Arabic I.

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SPECIAL STUDIES

FORNLANG 496

Variable topics. Group activity. Not offered regularly in the curriculum but offered on topics selected on the basis of timeliness, need, and interest, and generally in the format of regularly scheduled Catalog offerings. Repeatable.

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STUDY ABROAD

FORNLANG 497

Variable topics.

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INDEPENDENT STUDY

FORNLANG 498

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.