37.5 1st year, 33.3 2nd and 3rd years To be advised. Summer semester 23 hours of language classes a week for six and a half weeks. This subject aims to provide students with a sound foundation in the language with particular emphasis on listening and speaking. On completion of the subject, students should be able to communicate in the language in everyday situations, understand slightly more complex speech, read and write hiragana, katakana and about 100 kanji. Lexical, grammatical, phonological and syntactical elements taught in situational contexts using multimedia materials. Emphasis on developing communicative competence. Oral and written weekly class exercises; one 1-hour test and one 2-hour test.