Japanese: First Level Japanese (JAPA-100)
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Course Description
JAPA-100/0 Japanese, First Level Five class periods. Open to all students. Seniors may take the course, but in situations of high enrollment, priority will be given to younger students to fulfill language requirement. Students will learn to express themselves in a variety of conversational situations and to read and write hiragana, katakana, and about 15 kanji, or Chinese characters. Classroom instruction will be based on Adventures in Japanese, Book 1, and its corresponding workbook. Students will learn not only the basic grammatical structures but also important elements of Japanese culture.
Steps in the Research Process
Begin your research with an understanding of the process
Get an Overview with Reference Sources
Below are some Reference Books in the Garver Room
REF 952 J276 Japan : profile of a nation = Eibun Nihon shÅjiten
REF 952 M72 Modern Japan : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism
REF 952 C14 The Cambridge encyclopedia of Japan
REF 200.952 N25SW Nanzan guide to Japanese religions
REF 495.6 SH24K Kodansha's communicative English-Japanese dictionary
REF J 495.6 D24KA Kanji handbook
REF 495.6 L26F 501 Japanese verbs : fully described in all inflections, moods, aspects, and
formality levels in a new easy-to-learn format, alphabetically arranged
Suggested Keywords or Subjects via Catalog Search
Try the following terms for your search:
- Japanese characters.
- Japanese characters -- Study and teaching.
- Japanese language -- Composition and exercises.
- Japanese language -- Conversation and phrase books.
- Japanese language -- Dictionaries -- English.
- Japanese language -- Etymology.
- Japanese language -- Readers
- Japanese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers
- Japanese language -- Tone
- Japanese language -- Translating into English
- Japanese language -- Verb.
- Japanese language -- Vocabulary.
- Japanese language -- Writing.
- Japanese language -- Writing -- Kana.
- Japanese language materials.
Library Catalog
Other Library Catalogs
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Recommended Databases for Further Research
Access to Full Text Periodicals and other reference sources is available through the following subscription databases:
Lexis-Nexis Search today's news, or glance back more than 20 years
JStor A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Cambridge Collections Online on the Japanese American
Phillips Academy A to Z DatabasesFor further research
Selected Internet Resources
YOMIURI Online Yumiuri is the one of the major national daily newspapers in Japan. It has the largest circulation number in the country.
Internet Public Library Newspapers from around the world.
Boston Public Library To access to BPL's electronic resources, you will need to sign up an BPL's e-Card.)
The Library of Congress's Portals to the World - Japan LC provides you with a very comprehensive list of sites about Japan
Customs and Etiquette of Japan These are generally accepted modern customs in Japan.
Global Reference Center The Authority of Britannica Applied to Our Japanese Encyclopedic Resources (Note: To access to BPL's electronic resources, you will need to sign up an BPL's e-Card.)
How to Build Up Your Bibliography
If you are asked to submit a paper with a bibliography, first be clear about what style your teacher asks you to use, then click the link below to learn how to use them via samples given. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask librarians at the Help Desk.
