First-Year Modern Japanese

JA-001(Fall Quarter) | JA-002(Winter Quarter) | JA-003(Spring Quarter)

Class Schedule

Monday through Friday
Five units per quarter to fulfill the language requirement

 

Instructors

Kazuko Morooka Busbin & staff
Bldg. 50-Rm. 52A
tel.(650)723-4846, e-mail: kmbusbin @leland

 

Objectives

Provide students with a solid foundation in grammar, conversation, reading, and basic composition.
Students who would like to be able to read the written documents such as newspapers, magazines, literatures,
and academic papers particularly benefit from this course as the beginning of their Japanese study.

 

Class Format

  1. Grammar explanations are approached progressively to lead students eventually from spoken Japanese
    to written Japanese.
  2. Interactive drilling session to utilize the patterns and vocabulary in relevant settings.
  3. Conversation session to discuss and express ideas regarding the respective dialogues.
  4. Pattern practice and exercises to review materials in written forms, such as composition and translation.
  5. Four-paragraph stories relevant to respective lesson are assigned to enhance the reading skill followed
    by discussing the content.
     

Listening Exercises

Text Books

  1. Course Reader compiled by the instructor as a main textbook
  2. Beginning Japanese Part I & II by Eleanor H. Jorden as a grammar-drilling-reference book

Having completed First-Year Modern Japanese: JA-001(fall), JA-002(winter), & JA-003 (spring), students should be able to continue their Japanese language study in:

  1. Second-Year Modern Japanese (5 units) which provides more written style Japanese as well as more sophisticated way to communicate in Japanese.
  2. Intermediate conversation course (2 units) which leads students to more spoken exercises.
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