Columbia University Japanese Language Program
Courses
- 1ST-Year JAPANESE 08Fall 08Spring Katakana Practice Sakubun Contest
blog ( active blog:友だちをつくろう inactive blogs:がんばろう!一年生 にほんご-はじめのいっぽ にほんごがんばる にほんごですよ) - 1ST-Year (2.5 credit courses): What is 2.5 credit course?
Elementary Japanese B 08 Fall Elementary Japanese A 08 Spring blog (inactive blog: にほんごがんばる) - 1ST-Year (Non-continuing 2.5 credit courses) Professional Japanese 07 Fall Professional Japanese 07 Spring Professional Japanese course is for ONE semester only. If you want to continue to Elementary Japanese B, you have to take a placement test. (inactive blog: にほんごがんばる)
Summer language courses are no longer offered at Columbia.
- 2ND-YR JAPANESE 08 Fall 08 Spring Kamishibai Project blog ぐんぐん二年生 2年生の日本語 (inactive blog 日本語ノススメ)
- 3RD-YR JAPANESE 08 Fall 08 Spring Haiku Project audio spring audio fall blog 日本語勉強中 (inactive blogs 日本語3年生 ホップステップ飛翔 )
- 4TH-YR JAPANESE 08 Fall 08 Spring 05春-文集 07秋-文集
- 5TH-YR JAPANESE 07 Fall 08 Spring 07秋ショートストーリー集
Japanese Program at Columbia University
Japanese Language instruction was introduced to Columbia in the late 1920s. Currently instruction in Japanese is offered at five stages or years in the modern form of language. In addition, the Department provides courses in classical Japanese and Kanbun and in directed readings for students doing advanced research. At present the Japanese language staff comprises eight lecturers, all of whom are native speakers of Japanese. The Japanese Language Program has a reputation of being one of the best in the country for a long time and it has produced numerous accomplished Japanologists. In the teaching of modern Japanese, which represents the core of the program, acquisition and use of both the spoken and written languages are stressed from the outset. The aim is to provide students of diverse learning backgrounds and a wide rage of academic and career interests with a balanced command of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.