21G.501 | Fall 2019 | Undergraduate

Japanese I

Course Description

This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. The program emphasizes active command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. Your goal is not simply to study the grammar and vocabulary, but …
This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. The program emphasizes active command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. Your goal is not simply to study the grammar and vocabulary, but to gain skills necessary to use them in a linguistically and culturally appropriate way.
Learning Resource Types
Exams
Multiple Assignment Types
Instructor Insights
A snow capped mountain by a lake with hanging cherry blossom branches in the view
Lake Kawaguchiko and Mount Fuji in Japan. (Image courtesy of Midori on Wikimedia. License: CC BY.)