MLL 252 - Intermediate Japanese II: Japanese American Sociocultural Issues

1. Describe aspects of Japanese culture using appropriate grammar and vocabulary in writing and speech
2. Use intermediate-level sentence structure and grammar rules beyond MLL 251 in writing and speech
3. Participate in intermediate-level conversations by listening and responding appropriately
4. Assess social situations to determine when to use casual, polite, and honorific forms
5. Write sentences using Kanji characters and identify Kanji characters in written text
6. Discuss the importance of human imagination and inquiry in Japanese language, pop culture and conversation exploring how language reflects and shapes social, political, economic, and cultural systems in Japan

1. specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
2. explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
3. discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
4. explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.