Course Syllabus

ASIANLAN123:

First-Year Japanese through Anime and Manga I

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Course Description

ASIANLAN123 is the first half of the accelerated first-year Japanese course taught through various types of media, mainly anime and manga. It is designed for students who have some previous knowledge of Japanese, but less than the equivalent of one year’s study of Japanese at the University of Michigan. Students will need to obtain a qualifying score on the placement exam to be placed into this course. However, students do not need any specific knowledge of anime and manga. Upon successful completion of ASIANLAN123, students will take ASIANLAN124 (First-Year Japanese through Anime and Manga II) in the following semester.

Here is a Course Syllabus  & Semester Schedule 

Instructor

Yuta Mori

Email: ymori@umich.edu

Office phone: 734-936-8808

Office: South Thayer Building 5022

Office Hours:    Monday 2:00-3:00

Wednesday 3:00-4:00

• Please make an appointment through Google Calender (Link is on Canvas). For Conversation Salon, please see page 6 on the syllabus in detail

Meeting Time

Time:12:00-1:00

Classroom: 2175NQ

＊The class meets THREE times a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Main Textbook

"GENKI I" An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Second Edition 

＊Make sure that you have the Second Edition!

Supplemental Textbook

“Marugoto A1 Rikai" (Supplemental)

Japanese language and culture Starter A1 Coursebook for communicative language competences