MLO 1: Language and Communication
1.1 Students are able to communicate effectively in Japanese in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational; and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Intermediate-High level of language proficiency, according to the ACTFL Guidelines.
1.2 Students gain competency in the Japanese language and linguistics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Students compare, contrast, and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English.
Through my Japanese language courses at CSUMB I have learned to communicate in Japanese. Although I took the first year of Japanese at my community college, I continued to build my language skills as I went through the years here. Advanced Japanese gave me the rest of the foundation for me to continue improving, as well as giving me a chance to improve my interpersonal communication skills. Introduction to Translation and Interpretation, strongly helped me improve my interpretative skills, both auditorially as well as reading comprehension. Both my Capstone project, as well as Japan: Current Issues and Solutions improved my presentational skills in Japanese. Through various courses, I also learned how and when to use the different forms of keigo, so that I may communicate appropriately with others. As proven by my STAMP tests results, undertaken in my last semester I have reached an High-Intermediate reading comprehension, High-Beginner listening comprehension, as well as an Intermediate-High written and spoken ability. Through Structure of Japanese language I have learned about the linguistics of the Japanese language and seen how it differs from my native language, in many regards, but not limited too, the syntax, Japanese is SOV, while English is SVO; the phonetics, Japanese only has 5 vowel sounds compared to English's many; as well as how Japanese is a pitch-accent language compared to English's stress accent.
For evidence, please see Spring 2022's Japan: Current Issues and Solutions, Fall 2022's Japanese for Global Communication and Structure of Japanese Language.
1.2 Students gain competency in the Japanese language and linguistics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Students compare, contrast, and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English.
Through my Japanese language courses at CSUMB I have learned to communicate in Japanese. Although I took the first year of Japanese at my community college, I continued to build my language skills as I went through the years here. Advanced Japanese gave me the rest of the foundation for me to continue improving, as well as giving me a chance to improve my interpersonal communication skills. Introduction to Translation and Interpretation, strongly helped me improve my interpretative skills, both auditorially as well as reading comprehension. Both my Capstone project, as well as Japan: Current Issues and Solutions improved my presentational skills in Japanese. Through various courses, I also learned how and when to use the different forms of keigo, so that I may communicate appropriately with others. As proven by my STAMP tests results, undertaken in my last semester I have reached an High-Intermediate reading comprehension, High-Beginner listening comprehension, as well as an Intermediate-High written and spoken ability. Through Structure of Japanese language I have learned about the linguistics of the Japanese language and seen how it differs from my native language, in many regards, but not limited too, the syntax, Japanese is SOV, while English is SVO; the phonetics, Japanese only has 5 vowel sounds compared to English's many; as well as how Japanese is a pitch-accent language compared to English's stress accent.
For evidence, please see Spring 2022's Japan: Current Issues and Solutions, Fall 2022's Japanese for Global Communication and Structure of Japanese Language.