Lake Kawaguchiko and Mount Fuji in Japan. (Image courtesy of Midori on Wikimedia. License: CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Takako Aikawa
Masami Ikeda-Lamm
Wakana Maekawa
Emiko Rafique
MIT Course Number
21G.501 / 21G.551
As Taught In
Fall 2019
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire basic skills for conversation, reading, and writing in Japanese. The program emphasizes active command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. Your goal is not simply to study the grammar and vocabulary, but to gain skills necessary to use them in a linguistically and culturally appropriate way.
