Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture

Learn basic Japanese. This course will introduce the Japanese writing system, conversation, and basic Japanese grammar.  Aspects of the Japanese culture are also incorporated in this entry-level class. The instructor is half Japanese, lived in Japan for almost twenty years, is credentialed, and is a certificated language teacher. She is also a member of the American Association of Teachers Japanese and the California Association of Japanese Language Teachers.

Required Books:

• An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, Vol. 1 (English and Japanese Edition) Genki 1 textbook

• Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I [Second Edition] (Japanese Edition) (Japanese and English Edition)