MLO 1: Japanese 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 including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse and compare and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English.
1.2. Students gain competency in the Japanese language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse and compare and analyze the structural differences between Japanese and English.
MLO Reflective Narrative
The main objective of MLO 1 is to gain fluency within Japanese through different modes of communication. I primarily achieved this through a structured way of learning ranging from vocabulary, learning different conjugations and how they're integrated within different forms of grammar, as well as applying written and oral communication through multiple presentations. While I took various courses to fulfill MLO 1, I'd like to highlight JAPN 395: Special Topics as it was one of the first most challenging classes I started taking in terms of language learning and application. This was a group final presentation so I had to work collaboratively with two other students as we made this presentation together. It was the first class where we had to learn how to use simple grammar format for the content we were trying to express.
As for MLO 1.2, I learned a lot of different techniques and things to note to sound more fluent in JAPN 401: Structure of the Japanese Language. At the beginning of the course, we went over phonetics, phonology, morphology, etc. Thise course taught me one of my biggest weaknesses in Japanese which includes transitive and intransitive verbs. This allowed me to fix that and learn how to stop thinking as an American when it comes to Japanese language acquisition. Another interesting fact I learned was that Japanese is a pitch-accent class. For this, we did various recordings for readings and where each pitch should be different. We were also given tools to help show how a native Japanese would say a phrase.
As for MLO 1.2, I learned a lot of different techniques and things to note to sound more fluent in JAPN 401: Structure of the Japanese Language. At the beginning of the course, we went over phonetics, phonology, morphology, etc. Thise course taught me one of my biggest weaknesses in Japanese which includes transitive and intransitive verbs. This allowed me to fix that and learn how to stop thinking as an American when it comes to Japanese language acquisition. Another interesting fact I learned was that Japanese is a pitch-accent class. For this, we did various recordings for readings and where each pitch should be different. We were also given tools to help show how a native Japanese would say a phrase.