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JAPN 100

DesolateDesolate
edited February 2010 in General
Since Asian reincarnated as version 3.0, I decided to post my question here.

Has anyone taken JAPN 100 before, either through DE or in-class? If so, how was it? If you had zero knowledge of the language or any of the Asian languages, how was it adapting to the completely different style of writing?

I was going to take it DE in the summer, but I don't know if it is better to take it in-class since I don't really have any knowledge of the language, but wish to take it still out of self-interest.

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  • asian3.0
    edited February 2010
    Desolate;63458 said:
    Since Asian reincarnated as version 3.0, I decided to post my question here.

    Has anyone taken JAPN 100 before, either through DE or in-class? If so, how was it? If you had zero knowledge of the language or any of the Asian languages, how was it adapting to the completely different style of writing?

    I was going to take it DE in the summer, but I don't know if it is better to take it in-class since I don't really have any knowledge of the language, but wish to take it still out of self-interest.
    take it in class. distance ed classes are pretty stupid. your not gonna learn a language through a computer.
  • Moshi
    edited February 2010
    acually, if it's just out of interest, you probably may like it...But if you're highly motivated, you don't need to take it in classes. It's good if you have motivational problem. But if you are motivated, I suggest you look into other means...

    Trust me, you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars learning at the same pace with others. If you have zero background in Japanese, you probably will find it more challenging than your other classmates. Japn 100 is one of those popular gpa boosters for people that already have some background.

    Having said that, I still think it may be an interesting challenge, but you have to know how much time you are willing to invest.
  • Moshi
    edited February 2010
    btw, they'll probably go through basic stuff like hiragana and katagana and probably a little Kanji. Those things can be learned online. Rosetta Stones is a popular software for language learning, you'll probably know where to get it ;)

    Also, http://www.lingq.com/
    They have a helpful online community and the guy (Steve Kauffman) is a former Canadian diplomat, speaking 11 languages...
  • DesolateDesolate
    edited February 2010
    I've been doing Japanese Rosetta Stone for the past two days and it's pretty weak IMO. The only words I've really learned are in romaji or whatever anyways (otokonoko, onnanoko, mizu, ocha, etc.) and that's about it. I'll try sticking with it though. I also emailed a Japanese school that said they do full-year programs starting in September, so maybe I'll do that.

    I think I'm going to take SPAN 102 DE in the summer for sure though, since I've heard it isn't too hard and I only want to take 3 on-campus classes (will probably do MATH 157, BUEC 232, CMPT 165).
  • Moshi
    edited February 2010
    ok cool, Spanish is pretty easy compared to japanese so i think it may be a good choice.

    just curious, what's the name of that japanese school you mentioned?

    and you'll be tackling 2 languages at the same time?
  • DesolateDesolate
    edited February 2010
    No, I'm not sure if I'll do two. I just want to do a language in the Summer, but Japanese DE might be hard considering the rest of my schedule.

    And the school is Vancouver Japanese Language School

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