An introduction to spoken and written Japanese. This course prepares the student in tourism to serve Japanese visitors to Canada in a hotel, restaurant or retail shop, using Japanese. The primary focus of the course will be on correct pronunciation of Japanese, so that students can speak clearly to a Japanese guest, communicating to be understood. Through the use of common phrases, basic sentence patterns and regular usage drills, the student will be able to freely build sentences in Japanese.
With Japanese language proficiency will come a deeper appreciation of Japanese culture, and consequently a better understanding of the service needs of Japanese visitors to Canada.