Japanese courses brochure - LaGuardia Community College - CUNY

Study Japanese @ LaGuardia Comm. College
Liberal Arts Social Science and Humanities Japanese Option
For more information, please contact:
Tomonori Nagano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Education and Language Acquisition Dept.
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 omson Avenue (B-234FF)
Long Island City New York 11101
Tel: 718-482-5484
tnagano@gc.cuny.edu / tnagano@lagcc.cuny.edu
Class Homepage: http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/tnagano/
Education and Language Acquisition Department
LaGuardia Community College (Room B-234)
Tel: 718-482-5460 / Fax: 718-482-6032
website: http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ela/ml/
e-mail: tnagano@lagcc.cuny.edu
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Why you should study Japanese
e Japanese language is one of the most popular modern languages in the U.S. and the
number of college students studying Japanese is on increase. (10.3% in 2006-2009 according
to Furman et al., (2010)). New York, especially Manhattan and Queens, has a high density
of Japanese language learners and a recent survey by MLA shows that more than
50,000 people are currently learning Japanese in Queens.
e Japanese culture is undoubtedly a major attraction to those learners. Japanese food,
such as sushi and ramen, has become a popular choice among New Yorkers. Most college
students in the U.S. have played Japanese video games in their youth (or even now) and
have gone to karaoke to hang out with their friends. e pop-culture, including anime and
TV drama, is another major interest among Japanese language learners. In addition to
these contemporary culture, Japan has rich traditions and classical literature, such as karate
and judo (Japanese martial arts), e Tale of Genji (classical novel written in the 11th century),
and nihonga (classic Japanese fine art) to name a few.
e Japanese language class at LaGuardia CC, with many extracurricular Japanese cultural
activities, will provide you with not only the foreign language skill but also a deep appreciation
about the Japanese society and culture.
* Furman, N., Goldberg, D., and Lusin, N. (2010). Enrollments in languages other than English in United States
institutions of higher education, fall 2009. Technical report, Modern Language Association, New York, NY.
Japanese & Japan-related courses at LaGuardia Community College
LaGuardia Community College offers the following Japanese or Japan-related courses.
• Elementary Japanese 1 (ELJ101)
• Elementary Japanese 2 (ELJ102)
• Intermediate Japanese 1 (ELJ103)
• Intermediate Japanese 2 (ELJ104)
• Japanese for Heritage Students (ELJ105)
• Modern Japanese Literature (ELJ201; taught in Japanese)
• Japanese Literature in Translation (ELJ250; taught in English)
• e Art of Eastern Asia (HUA191)
• East Asian Civilization and Societies (SSH110)
Text and reference books for ELJ101-ELJ104
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2009b). Nakama 1A, Introductory Japanese: Communication, Culture,
Context. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass., 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780618966288; Course: ELJ101
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2009c). Nakama 1A: Student Activities Manual. Houghton Mifflin,
Boston, Mass., 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780618965700; Course: ELJ101
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2009d). Nakama 1B, Introductory Japanese: Communication, Culture,
Context. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass., 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780547208404; Course: ELJ102
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2009e). Nakama 1B: Student Activities Manual. Houghton Mifflin,
Boston, Mass., 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780547208633; Course: ELJ102
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2010a). Nakama 2. Heinle and Heinle, Boston, Mass., 2nd edition
edition. ISBN: 9780547171647; Course: ELJ103, ELJ104
Hatasa, Y. A., Hatasa, K., and Makino, S. (2010c). Nakama 2 Student Activities Manual (SAM). Heinle and
Heinle, Boston, Mass. ISBN: 9780547171708; Course: ELJ103, ELJ104.
Text and reference books for ELJ105
Miura, A. and Hanaoka-McGloin, N. (2008a). An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese Workbook.
The Japan Times, 2nd edition edition. ISBN: 9784789013086; Course: ELJ105; Price: 1,575 yen.
Miura, A. and Hanaoka-McGloin, N. (2008b). An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese. The Japan
Times, 2nd edition edition. ISBN: 9784789013079; Course: ELJ105; Price: 3,360 yen.
Oka, M. (2010). Tobira: Power Up Your KANJI: 800 Basic KANJI as a Gateway to Advanced Japanese. Kuroshio
Publishers, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN: 9784874244876; Course: ELJ105
Text and reference books for ELJ201 & ELJ250
Goossen, T. W. (1994). The Oxford book of Japanese Short Stories. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2nd
edition. ISBN: 9780802150585; Course: ELJ250; Price $16.95
Keene, D. (1994). Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century.
Grove Press, New York, NY, 2nd press edition. ISBN: 9780802150585; Course: ELJ250; Price $16.95.
Keene, D. (1994b). Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day. Grove Press, New York, NY, 2nd
edition. ISBN: 9780802150950; Course: ELJ250; Price: $15.95.
More about the Japanese language courses
LaGuardia Community College offers a two-year long Japanese language courses. See
http://bit.ly/course_schedule for the schedule of Japanese courses. e proficiency goal in
each of the Japanese language courses is as following:
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
3 CREDITS
Select one from the following:
SSA100 Introduction to Anthropology
3
SSA101 Cultural Anthropology
3
SSE105 International Economics
3
SSE125 World Geography
3
SSH105 World History from Ancient Times to 1500
3
SSH106 World History from 1500 to the Present
3
SSP200 Global Politics
3
SSH103 Western Civilization from Ancient Times to the Renaissance
3
SSH104 World Civilization from the Renaissance to Modern Times
3
SSH110 East Asia Civilization and Societies
3
SSH231 Afro-American History
3
SSH232 Survey of Latin American and Caribbean History
3
SSH220 Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean
3
SSH100 Introduciton to Sociology
3
[Note] Students who wish to transfer to Queens College are advised to take SSH110 East Asia
Civilization and Society, which will count toward the EAS major at QC (=History 112:
Introduction to East Asian History)
UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES
6 CREDITS
Unrestricted electives 6
Total Credits: 60
Interested in LA SSH Japanese Option?
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Tomonori Nagano at 718-482-5484 or
tnagano@lagcc.cuny.edu.
ELJ101: Elementary
Japanese I
ELJ102: Elementary
Japanese II
ELJ103: Intermediate
Japanese I
ELJ104: Intermediate
Japanese II
ELJ105: Japanese
for Heritage
Students
ELJ201: Modern
Japanese Literature
Recommended for:
Those without any previous
knowledge of Japanese
Those with previous Japanese
instruction for about 50 hours;
Good command of Hiragana, Katakana,
and basic vocabulary (adjective
and verbs)
Those with previous Japanese
instruction for about 100 hours;
Good command of the Japanese
characters (about 50 basic kanji)
and verb/adjective conjugation (teform
and plain form)
Those with previous Japanese
instruction for about 150 hours;
Knowledge of basic vocabulary
and some basic sentence structures
(e.g., -teiru, -ta-koto-ga aru,
-sou etc.).
Students who speak Japanese as a
heritage language (e.g., those who
were born in the U.S. between
Japanese parents and completed
their formal education in English).
Heritage speakers of Japanese
who may use or hear Japanese as
their home language
Proficiency Goal
Students can talk and write about themselves
and basic everyday activities;
ACTFL OPI Novice Mid
Students can describe food, hometown,
family members in more complex sentence
structures, and talk and write about
basic activities in the past. About 50 kanji
characters; ACTFL OPI Novice Mid-High
Students can describe weather, annual
events, health, and travel plans, and can
talk and write about various activities in
complex sentence structures. About 75-
100 kanji characters; ACTFL OPI Novice
High; JLPT N5
Students can describe, make requests, ask
favors, and explain procedures. Students
can write a substantial amount of Japanese
(400-600 characters) given a topic that
has been covered in class; ACTFL OPI
Intermed Low; JLPT N4
Students will learn Japanese vocabulary
and structures used in professional and
educational registers, including honorific
(meshiagaru) and humble (itadaku) forms
of verbs. ACTFL OPI Advanced to Superior;
JLPT N1 or N2.
Students will be acquainted with various
Japanese pragmatics through the reading
and writing about the Japanese literature
with using kanji characters on the Joyokanji
list.
ELJ250: Japanese
Literature in
Translation
No knowledge of Japanese language
is required.
See http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/tnagano/docs/japaneseCoursesProficiencyGoals.pdf for more information about
the ACTFL OPI Proficiency levels. Also, see Kondo-Brown, K. (2010). e results of Japanese ACTFL Oral Proficiency
Tests (2008-09 AY). for more information about expected proficiency levels in the Japanese courses.
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For more information
Visit our program website at http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/tnagano and
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ela/ml/
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Liberal Arts Social Science and Humanities: Japanese Option
e Liberal Arts SSH Japanese Option is a major for those who wish to major in Japan Studies
(e.g., East Asian History, East Asian Civilization, Asian Art, Japanese Linguistics etc.) at a
four-year institution upon their graduation from LaGuardia Community College. is option
is currently articulated with the East Asian Studies major at Queens College with the
following admission requirements:
• Graduation from LaGuardia Community College with an AA degree and a GPA of 2.75
or better,
• A grade of “B” or better in each Japanese language course taken at LaGuardia (ELJ101,
ELJ102, ELJ103, and ELJ104)
• A completed application to the Department of CMAL at Queens College,
• Completion of 12 credits taken at Queens College with GPA of 2.75 or better in their first
semester at QC.
e Liberal Arts SSH Japanese Option will be offered under the Pathways framework starting
in Spring 2014. Below is the curriculum for the option.
JAPANESE OPTION CORE
ELJ103 Intermediate Japanese 1
ELJ104 Intermediate Japanese 2
ELJ250 Japanese Literature in Translation
Select one from the following:
ELC101 Elementary Modern Chinese 1
ELC102 Elementary Modern Chinese 2
ELC103 Intermediate Modern Chinese 1
ELC105 Modern Chinese for Heritage Students
ELC201 Modern Chinese Literature (taught in Chinese)
ELC202 Contemporary Chinese Literature (taught in Chinese)
ELC203 Classic Chinese Literature (taught in Chinese)
ELK101 Elementary Korean 1
ELK102 Elementary Korean 2
ELK103 Intermediate Korean 1
ELK201 Modern Korean Literature (taught in Korean)
[Note] One Chinese or Korean language course depending on the
placement score. ELC101 and ELK101 are not paired with the 102-level
course for Japanese Option students.
12 CREDIT
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
LA SSH: Japanese Option Curriculum
COURSE & TITLE
CUNY PATHWAYS REQUIRED CORE
English Composition
ENG101 Composition I
ENG102 Writing rough Literature
Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning
MAT107 Mathematics and the Modern World
MAT112 College Algebra with Modeling
MAT118 Introductory Statistics
Life and Physical Sciences
SCB101 Topics in Biological Science
SCC101 Topics in Chemistry
SCP101 Topics in Physical Science; or
SCP140 Topics in Astronomy
CREDITS
12 CREDITS
6
3
3
COUNSELING
New Student Seminar
ENGLISH
3 CREDITS
ENG103 Research Paper 3
LIBERAL ARTS
3 CREDITS
LIB200 Humanism, Science and Technology 3
HUMANITIES
Select one from the following:
HUA101 Introduction to Art
HUC106 Public Speaking
HUC150 e Art of Film
HUM101 Introduction to Music
HUN195 Art in New York
HUP101 Introduciton to Philosophy
HUP104 Ethics and Moral Issues
HUA191 e Art of Eastern Asia
CUNY PATHWAYS FLEXIBLE CORE
18 CREDITS
1. Six three-credit courses. At least one course form each of the five areas and no more than two
courses in any discipline.
2. Students without any previous instruction in Japanese are encouraged to take Elementary
Japanese 1 (ELJ101) and Elementary Japanese 2 (ELJ102) as part of Flexible Core for the LA
Japanese Option.
3. One Flexible Core course must be an Urban Studies course.
World Cultures and Global Issues (ELJ101 & ELJ102) 6
[Note] Students who wish to transfer to Queens College are advised to
U.S. Experience in its Diversity 3
take HUA191 e Art of Eastern Asia, which will count toward the EAS
Creative Expression 3
major at QC (=Art History 114: Survey of Asian Art).
Individual and Society 3
Scientific World 3
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3 CREDITS
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3