Sayaka Abe

You don't need any previous experience with Japanese speakers and my class section was a mix of Japanese speakers with limited linguistics knowledge and linguistics nerds with little to no experience with Japanese. The difference between the cw and non cw versions of the course is one short paper, so its worth taking if you need that second cw and the material seems interesting. Abe-sensei is a super kind professor and often brings treats to class!

You don't need any previous experience with Japanese speakers and my class section was a mix of Japanese speakers with limited linguistics knowledge and linguistics nerds with little to no experience with Japanese. The difference between the cw and non cw versions of the course is one short paper, so its worth taking if you need that …Read more

The professor is super nice and patient to answer questions. The workload of this class is high and the content is challenging, but it is not difficult to get good grades as long as you review well. I will similar course again.

It was a very fun class that all students could interact with, even without foreign language knowledge, and had a lot of flexibility in paper and presentation topics. Abe was very patient in explaining concepts and was happy to meet anytime to discuss projects. It would probably be a slightly easier class/exam for those with some experience with Japanese, but I had none and still did fine. Would recommend the professor

It was a very fun class that all students could interact with, even without foreign language knowledge, and had a lot of flexibility in paper and presentation topics. Abe was very patient in explaining concepts and was happy to meet anytime to discuss projects. It would probably be a slightly easier class/exam for those with some exp …Read more