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JPN103 First Year Japanese

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  • CRN: 21351
  • Credits: 5
  • Locations, days, times, and instructors:
    • Sylvania CT 237, Monday and Wednesday, from 11am to 1:20pm
      From April 1 through June 12, 2024, Nao Okumura

Class materials

Textbooks

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Details about this class

Welcome to JPN103: First Year Japanese - Third Term (CRN 21351)

Placement: 

JPN103 is for students having completed JPN102 or the equivalent. If you are unsure if JPN103 is the right class for you, please email me about taking a placement test at: nao.okumura@pcc.edu

In this course you will learn to speak, read, write and understand Japanese from the first day of class. We have face to face class meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00am - 1:20pm. You can access our course site and materials by going through D2L Brightspace - the learning platform that all courses use at PCC.

During our class meetings we will engage in a variety of pair, small group and whole class activities where you learn to read, write, speak and understand Japanese. Learning language works best when people get to know and trust one another - this can be challenging, but also very rewarding!

In addition to our class meetings, you will also have work that you will complete asynchronously on your own time, like homework and projects. I also will offer office hours where we can meet one-on-one so that I can help and answer your questions.

Feel free to contact me via email if you have any questions about the course (nao.okumura@pcc.edu)[opens in new window]). 

Required course materials:

We use the following textbook and workbook for JPN101, 102 and 103. 

Textbook: Banno, Eri. Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese: Textbook. 3rd ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 2020. Print. ISBN: 9784789017305

Workbook: Banno, Eri. Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese: Workbook. 3rd ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 2020. Print. ISBN: 9784789017312

 

I am excited to work with you this spring!

よろしくおねがいします。

 

Nao Okumura (she/her)

Technology:

This is a face to face class and we will meet Mondays and Wednesdays on the Sylvania campus. You will need to access the latest class schedule and assignment instructions on D2L Brightspace, so it is important that you have access to the internet and a computer or tablet.

Technology

There is no additional technology required for this class.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.