Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• read 63 new kanji characters
• Talk about giving and receiving favors
• Make a polite request
• Make a casual request
• Wish someone good luck
• Describe when something happens or happened
• Apologize for something you did or failed to do
• Report or convey information you obtained by hearing or reading
• Informally quote what you have heard or read
• Describe what one does not need to do
• Describe a possible or probable condition
• Talk about a resemblance
• Describe an event before or after something happens
• Express what one has finished doing or ended up doing
• Express one’s regret
• Describe a cause-effect relationship between events
• Describe two actions performed simultaneously
• Express with regret what one should have done
• Compare and discuss living expenses of college students
• Describe the actions of a person higher up in the social hierarchy
• Understand courteous command and advice
• Express gratitude
• Express what one is glad about
• Express a speaker’s strong expectation or belief based on reliable information
• Write a formal thank you letter and a letter of inquiry
• Write greeting cards