MSU Japanese Program: Homepage

Syllabi, student work, photos, etc.:

  JPN 101 | 102 | 111 | 112 | 201 |
   202 | 301 | 302 | 350 | 401 | 402; 
   ASN  401 | 464 | 491 | 
  Adv'd Spoken JPN

Inquiries: Profs. Endo | Kawaguchi | Okuno | Ryu

Advising: Heidi Spence

Michigan State University

JAPANESE PROGRAM
HOME PAGE

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF MSU JAPANESE PROGRAM!

The goal of the Japanese Program is to equip students, both majors and non-majors, with functional proficiency in the language, and cultural sensitivity to and factual knowledge about Japan.
Overseas studies in Japan are strongly recommended so that students can experience firsthand cultures which are superficially very different from those to which they may be accustomed, but are also similar in many ways at the level of human interaction.
Familiarity with computer technology in Japanese is emphasized to prepare students for their futures, whatever careers they may pursue.
The dedicated (and fun-loving (^,^) ) faculty are determined to provide students the best language training possible and to help them broaden their world views.

Back row: A. Matsui, M. Takashima, T. Okuno, K. Ioroi, M. Kawaguchi, M. Philips
Front row: M. Endo Hudson, Y. Sakakibara, C. Ryu

Main textbooks used at MSU

SEMESTER	COURSE	MAIN TEXTBOOKS
Fall	JPN 101	Genki I LL. 1-7
Spring	JPN 102	Genki I, II LL. 8-14
Fall	JPN 201	Genki II, LL. 15-20 + Authentic materials
Spring	JPN 202	Genki II, LL. 21-23, Tobira LL. 1-3 + Authentic materials
Fall	JPN 301	Tobira LL. 4-9 & video + Authentic materials
Spring	JPN 302	Tobira LL. 10-15 & video + Authentic materials
Fall	JPN 401	Authentic materials (e.g. newspaper /web articles) & TV drama
Spring	JPN 402

      
Last modified: 03/25/09