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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 21F.501 (Fall 2004) 
  • Course Title:
  • Beginning Japanese I 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Yoshimi Nagaya
    Prof. Ayumi Nagatomi
    Prof. Ikue Shingu 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 21F.501 Beginning Japanese I



    Fall 2004




    Course Highlights


    Interactive study materials, in addition to downloadable readings, are available for this course.


    Course Description


    This course covers Lessons 1 through 6 from Japanese: the Spoken Language, Part 1 (by Eleanor H. Jorden with Mari Noda, Yale University Press, 1987), providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading and writing. The program emphasizes ACTIVE command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. The goal is not simply to study the grammar and vocabulary, but to acquire the ability to use Japanese accurately and appropriately with increasing spontaneity. Students learn Hiragana and Katakana (the Japanese phonetic symbols), then approximately 50 Kanji (Sino-Japanese characters) in this course.


    Special Features




    Technical Requirements


    Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.0+) on Microsoft Windows:
    From VIEW menu select Encoding...Auto Select... or
    Japanese AutoSelect.

    Netscape (version 7.0+) on Microsoft Windows:
    From VIEW menu, select Character Coding...
    AutoDetect... Japanese.

    Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.0+) on Macintosh OS 9 or X:
    From VIEW menu select Character
    Set... Japanese(auto-detect)

    Netscape (version 7.0+) on Macintosh OS 9 or X:
    From VIEW menu select Character Coding...
    AutoDetect... Japanese.

    Safari on Macintosh OS X:
    From VIEW menu select Text Encoding... Japanese
    (ISO-2022-JP)

    Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .mov.

     

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