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{html}<P>Staff Members: Takako Aikawa, Yoshimi Nagaya, Masami Ikeda-Lamm</P><P>Characteristic Features of the Japanese Language</P><P></P><OL><LI>Word order: The Japanese word order is quite different from the English one.  English is so-called a "Subject-Verb-Object" language whereas Japanese is called a "Subject-Object-Verb" language.  In Japanese, verbs always occur at the end of a sentence.</LI><LI>Particles: In English, you can tell which noun corresponds to the subject/the object of a sentence based on the location of that noun.  For instance, the subject of the sentence, "John read a book.", is John and the object is a book.  </LI></OL><P></P><P>Topics to be covered:</P><P></P><UL><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 1: New Friends</SPAN></LI><UL><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">X is Y.</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Question Sentences</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Noun-no Noun</SPAN></LI></UL><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 2: Shopping</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 3: Making a Date</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 4: The First Date</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 5: A Trip to Okinawa</SPAN></LI><LI><SPAN mce_style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt;">Lesson 6: A Day in Robert's Life</SPAN></LI></UL><P></P><P><BR></BR><BR></BR></P>{html}