Anyone know of RA DL course in Japanese

My son took Japanese in high school and now attends college in the midwest. There are no Japanese language classes offered but he would like to continue learning the language as well as meet his foreign language requirement. This language is not offered via CLEP, so that option is closed. The school must be RA, but it can be lower division.

 

I know a little Japanese.

Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Sony, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Ichiro, Matsui, Matsushita, Sansui, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Hitachi......

That is about all I can think of for now.

Sorry I do not know of any classes though.

 

Racist dickwad.

To actually attempt to answer the question, here are some links that, although not RA, you may find helpful:

http://www.seas.ac.uk/DistanceLearning/DLJapaneseLanguageCourse.shtml

http://www.yamasa.org/ocjs/english/index.html

http://www.lambert.edu/tjfl/tjfl_intro.html

http://www.iiel.org.uk/course_detail_ma.html

 

sympatheticear-sama, konichiwa!

Okurahoma no Daigaku wa Nihongo ga arimasu. Demo, kono wa linku http://isd.ou.edu/search/info.asp?dept=Japanese&course=1115 desu.

Well, search around distance University... There is also MIT Open CourseWave @ http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/index.htm

Gambatte kurashai!

Semper Fidelis

 

Thanks for the info

I looked at the University of Oklahoma site. What he needs is probably a Level III or IV class since he has 4 years of HS Japanese under his belt. The high school states two years of a HS language course is equal to about one year college course.

 

How quick we are to throw around the "racist" label. I guess if someone asked about English courses, and got responses of "Ford, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Budwieser, Harley-Davidson, etc.", then you'd label them "racist" also?

Watch the personal attacks, Gaijin. Everyone gets at least one freebie from me, and this is yours.

 

Re: Thanks for the info

Be careful here... Ask the university about a placement test to verify "the level you think you are" is where you "really" are.
Just some advice based on the observation of other frustrated people.

 

don't know of any schools
but here are some interesting sites

on this site,
http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/index_e.html
I scrolled down to
On Demand / You can listen to the latest news any time, in any of 22 languages.

and downloaded a 20 minute newscast in Japanese
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this web site
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/index.html
is probably the closest he'll come to 3rd and 4th year studies

The University of Virginia Library and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library are pleased to sponsor the Japanese Text Initiative, texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web.
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and this site,
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
is a Japanese newspaper
(the link actually goes to the English version, to see the Japanese version, click on 'Japanese' at the top of the newspaper)
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and this site,
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/japanese_links.htm
has more info (it's where I got some of the other links)
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another site with a ton of stuff
http://www.academicinfo.net/japanlang.html
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Maybe he can find a Japanese restaurant nearby and set up a language exchange with one of the employees, get together twice a week, an hour each time, and discuss current events, movies and stuff in each others language

once he feels ready, he can try the

New York University Foreign Language Proficiency Testing Program (NYUFLP)

he must find someone at his college (a professor, librarian, dean of students, whatever) to administer the test to him, then the test is sent to NYU to be graded

he can be awrded 16 points (18 lower and 6 upper division quarter credits)

here's a description of the exam
http://www.undergrad.nova.edu/AcademicServices/testing/nyulangproficiency.cfm

and page 3 in
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/docs/pdf/SCPS_Foreign_Lang_SU04.pdf
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and finally, your son might think about spending the summer in Japan teaching English

this is a truly reliable, trustworty and informative site

http://www.eslcafe.com/

 

I was joking. Nothing racist about it. If I was racist I would have owned many of the products from these companies or admired the ball players. When we go to the Japanese restaurant I always tell the cooks that my son (7 yrs old) can speak some Japanese, and then he starts telling them the above and they always get a kick out of it.

So chill out!

 

I've spent 5 years in Japan. Typically if you are going to do the English teaching thing, you already need a college degree or at the very least, a TESL certificate. Also, since you are teaching English, you don't really get the chance to immerse yourself in Japanese.

However, another option is to check with your school's Study Abroad office. Your son can take a course in Japan over the summer, and the credit would transfer back to your school. Also, any financial aid that your son recieves can still be used, and the tuition is usually the same as whatever you are paying now. If they don't already have a program set up with a Japanese school, they can probably find you one. I don't have any websites, but some schools that I know of that are popular with exchange students are Kansai Gaidai, Sophia University, International Christian University, International Budo University, and Temple University (a branch of the Temple University in PA).

 

What's funny about Gaijin Bakayaro's comment is that the name itself means: foreign jerk (or a=hole)

 

I’m sure the cooks think you’re a laugh riot. You know that brown stuff they put in your food, that you always thought was miso? It’s not!

 

Wow, not just an expert in distance learning, but an expert in racism as well. All this with a degree in criminal justice. That UMass must be a helluva school.

(balance of post removed by moderator)

 

As Gaijin has now learned the hard way, you really shouldn't launch a personal attack on a moderator after he warned you to watch the personal attacks.

 

Foreign Language credit

My son's college requires a foreign language as part of general ed. He is a business major but is interested in teaching English in Japan for a couple of years. He isn't eligible to teach over the summer because he still has a ways to go before he earns his BA. At age 19, he doesn't have the life experience for portfolio credit to move faster.

 

Re: Foreign Language credit

Right, what I was referring to in my earlier post was not to teach, but to be an exchange student for a semester. Then he can transferr the language credit back to his unversity. Peterson has a directory where you can search for programs by country. It's at http://www.petersons.com/stdyabrd/sasector.html.

 

I had a friend who taught went to a summer english camp run by JET (japanese english teachers or something) a few years ago. She was a junior. Maybe the rules have changed.


But your son could might try the NYU 12 point exam now just to meet his school's requirements.

The audio news link and newspaper link should help him prepare.