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Majors and Courses of InstructionModern Foreign Languages225. Continuing Japanese I (Kawabe)This course is a sequential course to Japanese 111. It further develops basic grammaticalknowledge necessary to the survival situations, emphasizing functional skill needed for everydaycommunication, both spoken and written languages. There will be cultural learning using printedmaterials and online information. Technological skills such as learning to type in Japanese andutilizing practical software will be part of the course work. Prerequisite: 111 or equivalent. F.254. Continuing Japanese II (Kawabe)This sequential course will continue to build skills necessary to the basic communicative Japanese.The goal of the course is to further develop all four language skills: listening (to understandcolloquial conversations), speaking (to express oneself in a variety of daily situations), reading (toskim and scan Japanese texts), and writing (to express descriptions and some functional writingskills, such as letter writing). Students will develop these skills through further learning of basicgrammatical structures and appropriate sociolinguistic understanding of the Japanese culture.Prerequisite: Japanese 225 or permission of the instructor. S.310. Advanced Japanese I (Kawabe)The course reviews the intermediate level of the Japanese language and builds a higher level oflanguage skills. Class activities focus on oral communication while students develop grammaticalfluency and reading competency, recognizing 600 kanji characters and more. Active class discussionsand student-led projects are regularly assigned throughout the course. Students will learn to utilizeonline resources and apply technology skills in projects and presentations. Prerequisite: 254 orequivalent. F.Russian Courses 110, 111. Beginning Russian (Sundaram)Introductory courses stressing four basic skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. TheCyrillic alphabet, correct pronunciation, and introductory grammar are covered. Through anemphasis on active use of the language, students learn the practical application of Russian in day-todaysituations. Different aspects of Russian culture are also discussed. A variety of media includingcassette tapes, videos, CD-ROMs, and the World Wide Web are used in the process of learning thelanguage. F, S.225. Continuing Russian(Not offered 2011-2012)This continuation of Beginning Russian further develops the four skills: reading, writing, listening,and speaking. While there is some grammar review, the course expands upon the basics of Russiangrammar and broadens the students’ active use of the language. As the students’ use of thelanguage grows, more communicative activities are added. Extra readings from a number of sourcessupplement the textbook, and different aspects of Russian culture are discussed. A variety of mediaincluding cassette tapes, videos, CD-ROMs, and the World Wide Web are used in the process oflearning the language. F.Spanish Courses 110, 111. Beginning Spanish (Staff)An introductory course emphasizing the four basic skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading,and writing. Consideration of the cultural and historic background of the areas where the languageis spoken, and readings designed to introduce students to Spanish and Latin American cultures and191