21F.501 Beginning Japanese I, Fall 2004
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Author(s)
Shingu, Ikue
Nagaya, Yoshimi
Nagatomi, Ayumi
Alternative Title
Beginning Japanese I
Date Issued
December 2004
Abstract
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.
Subjects
Japanese grammar
modern Japanese
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
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