Post by ZR0^G on Feb 5, 2009 23:36:53 GMT -5
In case you didn't know Rutgers New Brunswick offers an Elementary Japanese course and to Rutgers Newark via Long Distance(Video Conference) learning. The current teacher is Harasaki-sensei. This semester he is teaching Elem. Jap. 102 but next semester Elem. Jap 101 will be available. I believe you need both parts for it to count.
I am currently taking 102 and I believe it to be a great experience and an awesome language to learn. And what I say here is not to discourage you, just to make you aware of what is in store if you do take this course.
A little tip before taking this class. This is a hard class! You had better be prepared to study.
Because so much information is crammed into each semester (7 Chapters for each semester) he will not have much time to keep going back over lessons, especially since he is at the New Brunswick Campus and rarely if ever can come to the Newark Campus. I'm not saying he's a bad teacher, the administration just made him cram alot of learning into each semester.
Tip: Be prepared for vocabulary, you will be learning 3 new alphabets. Hiragana, katakana, and Kanji. The first 2 should be no problem, but Kanji requires constant reviewing(or maybe I'm just slow
).
Another issue: I don't know if this will be a problem next semester but the books required( Elementary Japanese: Genki Vol 1 and workbook) are not available at the Rutgers Newark bookstores. You will either have to go online, or to Sansei books in Edgewater(Mitsuwa) to get them.
Last tip: If you can, start a study group. It will be much easier to have someone else learning and speaking with you as you progress.
Uhhh 1 more tip ^_^: When you get through 101, study a bit over break until you get to 102, it's very easy to forget Vocab when you don't hear it for a couple months.
Once again, I think Harasaki-sensei is a good teacher, but sheesh that's alot of info to soak up.
So if you do take it, I wish you the best of luck. Gunbaru!
I am currently taking 102 and I believe it to be a great experience and an awesome language to learn. And what I say here is not to discourage you, just to make you aware of what is in store if you do take this course.
A little tip before taking this class. This is a hard class! You had better be prepared to study.
Because so much information is crammed into each semester (7 Chapters for each semester) he will not have much time to keep going back over lessons, especially since he is at the New Brunswick Campus and rarely if ever can come to the Newark Campus. I'm not saying he's a bad teacher, the administration just made him cram alot of learning into each semester.
Tip: Be prepared for vocabulary, you will be learning 3 new alphabets. Hiragana, katakana, and Kanji. The first 2 should be no problem, but Kanji requires constant reviewing(or maybe I'm just slow
).Another issue: I don't know if this will be a problem next semester but the books required( Elementary Japanese: Genki Vol 1 and workbook) are not available at the Rutgers Newark bookstores. You will either have to go online, or to Sansei books in Edgewater(Mitsuwa) to get them.
Last tip: If you can, start a study group. It will be much easier to have someone else learning and speaking with you as you progress.
Uhhh 1 more tip ^_^: When you get through 101, study a bit over break until you get to 102, it's very easy to forget Vocab when you don't hear it for a couple months.
Once again, I think Harasaki-sensei is a good teacher, but sheesh that's alot of info to soak up.
So if you do take it, I wish you the best of luck. Gunbaru!