Distance Education at West Los Angeles College

 

JAPANESE 1 – ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I

(UC:CSU) – 5UNITS
Instructor: M. Abe
Email: machiko4wlac@hotmail.com

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General Information:

This course takes place online, except for on campus meetings form 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Saturday in FA207.

The course begins on February 12.  You must access the course by February 20 or you will be dropped.

Newly enrolled students must email the instructor to confirm enrollment.  Please do this now by clicking here: machiko4wlac@hotmail.com.

 


Course Description:

Note: Section 1269 requires students to do part of their work online. All campus meetings will be held in FA 207. Computers with Internet access are available on the second floor of the Library in the Internet Research Lab, at no cost to enrolled students.

This course provides the fundamentals of the Japanese language with emphasis on communication skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Japanese. The Japanese syllabary for Hiragana, Katakana and basic Kanji are introduced. In addition, the course introduces the study of Japanese culture.


Required Materials:

Textbook: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese: GENKI #1
(Publisher:The Japan Times) ISBN4-7890-0963-7
(NOTE: its accompanying GENKI WORKBOOK is NOT required)

Workbook: Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing
ISBN: 0870117092 (Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside)


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