First-Year Japanese
First-Year Japanese This course is an introduction to the modern Japanese language aimed at acquisition of the four basic skills speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. The emphasis is on thorough mastery of the basic structures of Japanese through intensive oral-aural practice and extensive use of audiovisual materials. The two kana syllabaries and kanji (characters) will be introduced toward the goals of developing reading skills and reinforcing grammar and vocabulary acquisition.
This lecture section along with Takahashi-sensei's drill is great. While I think Takahashi is more engaging, White-sensei is also great at her job. She understands the issues that those whose first language is English might have with certain aspects of Japanese. I do think she could do better with pacing and she is a bit nitpicky with work, but the latter makes sense. As for the pacing, she goes quite quickly so it's hard to intake everything, but also sometimes she runs out of time to go over everything for the day so it's a hard balance to get a feel for. Maybe the solution is for the senseis to change the overall pacing of the course.
This lecture section along with Takahashi-sensei's drill is great. While I think Takahashi is more engaging, White-sensei is also great at her job. She understands the issues that those whose first language is English might have with certain aspects of Japanese. I do think she could do better with pacing and she is a bit nitpicky wit …Read more
I loved taking First-Year Japanese with Professor White and Professor Takahashi. The drills were done by Prof Takahashi who was so engaging and enthusiastic. There is a lot of homework though, and you have to be prepared to dedicate at least an hour every single day to studying/doing homework for Japanese. Overall, a great course and we learn so much at such a fast (but reasonable) pace.
I loved taking First-Year Japanese with Professor White and Professor Takahashi. The drills were done by Prof Takahashi who was so engaging and enthusiastic. There is a lot of homework though, and you have to be prepared to dedicate at least an hour every single day to studying/doing homework for Japanese. Overall, a great course and …Read more
Takahashi sensei is awesome. He knows how to keep an introductory language course full of laughter and enjoyment. I really enjoyed coming to this course, even it's five times a week - twice for lecture and three times for drills. White sensei is alright.