This course helped students reach the level of Japanese necessary to actively participate in graduate-level classes. With interactive learning materials that piques students' intellectual curiosity, they acquired the academic skills needed for creating lecture handouts, giving presentations, answering and asking questions in class, and essay-writing. Students simultaneously developed integrated Japanese competence in the four areas of language learning; listening, speaking, reading, and writing, respectively. Most students evaluated the course highly, but answers varied greatly as to which activities were specifically interesting. Most students found that their overall Japanese competence improved, but had hoped to advance more in speaking and writing.
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