Mayumi Hirano
Email: mhirano@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5215
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Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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JAPN 3101 - Beginning Japanese I
An intensive introduction to the Japanese language. The course covers most basic grammatical structures and everyday vocabulary items, and introduces hiragana, katakana, and approximately 100 elementary kanji. Practices are conducted to develop all four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in meaningful communicative exercises.
Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Novice High
Textbook: Makino, Hatasa & Hatasa.
Nakama 1: communication, culture, and context. Houghton Mifflin Inc.
Summer 2009
JAPN 3301 - Intermediate Japanese I
Designed for students who have had approximately 300 hours of formal instruction at the college level. Students must be comfortable with hiragana and katakana, and know approximately 300 to 400 kanji. Students will first go through a review of basic grammatical patterns. The remaining weeks in the course will be given over to the study of reading and video materials drawn from a wide range of everyday sources.
Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Intermediate High
Text /Gateway to Advanced Japanese/ Oka, Mayumi. Kuroshio Publishers.
LNGSummer 2011
JAPN 3302 - Intermediate Japanese I
Designed for students who have had approximately 300 hours of formal instruction at the college level. Students must be comfortable with hiragana and katakana, and know approximately 300 to 400 kanji. Students will first go through a review of basic grammatical patterns. The remaining weeks in the course will be given over to the study of reading and video materials drawn from a wide range of everyday sources.
Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Intermediate High
Text /Gateway to Advanced Japanese/ Oka, Mayumi. Kuroshio Publishers.
LNGSummer 2011
JAPN 3303 - Intermediate Japanese I
Designed for students who have had approximately 300 hours of formal instruction at the college level. Students must be comfortable with hiragana and katakana, and know approximately 300 to 400 kanji. Students will first go through a review of basic grammatical patterns. The remaining weeks in the course will be given over to the study of reading and video materials drawn from a wide range of everyday sources.
Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Intermediate High
Text /Gateway to Advanced Japanese/ Oka, Mayumi. Kuroshio Publishers.
Summer 2011
JAPN 3304 - Intermediate Japanese I
Designed for students who have had approximately 300 hours of formal instruction at the college level. Students must be comfortable with hiragana and katakana, and know approximately 300 to 400 kanji. Students will first go through a review of basic grammatical patterns. The remaining weeks in the course will be given over to the study of reading and video materials drawn from a wide range of everyday sources.
Target OPI rating at the end of the session: Intermediate High
Text /Gateway to Advanced Japanese/ Oka, Mayumi. Kuroshio Publishers.
Summer 2011
