Japanese Language at OSU
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) at The Ohio State University offers a varied program in Japanese language, under the leadership of Professors Mari Noda, Charles Quinn, and Etsuyo Yuasa. DEALL's Japanese Language Program is nationally recognized for the quality of its language instruction. Information on scholarships and financial aid are available from our university's East Asian Studies Center home page.
The Japanese Language Program includes 5 levels of instruction in 3 formats: Individualized Instruction, Intensive classroom, and Regular classroom (five hours per week). In addition to the information below on our program, see also the Aims, Procedures, and Policy concerning Japanese Language Study at DEALL. Do also visit our Japanese Language Courses Home Page -- which also houses the Japanese Individualized Instruction Home Page -- and our Summer Programs East Asian Concentration (SPEAC) Home Page for Japanese language courses that are offered during the current academic year, with links to course pages where applicable.
Beginning
First Level (Japanese 101-102-103 [Regular, Individualized, Summer Intensive]): Standard Japanese at the elementary level, with emphasis on building and applying basic language knowledge in doing things in Japanese; exercises in oral interactions and interactions involving text; introduction to the Japanese writing system (kana and kanji).
Intermediate
Second Level (Japanese 104-205-206 [Regular, Summer Intensive] or 210-211-310 [Academic Year Intensive]), 104 also offered in Individualized): Continuation of First Level with an increasing emphasis on communicative strategy building. Third Level: (Japanese 507-508-509 [Regular] or 311-510-511 [Academic Year Intensive]): Continuation of Second Level.
Advanced
Fourth Level (Japanese 610-611-612 [Regular, Summer Intensive]): Continuation of Third Level with an increasing emphasis on presentation mode of communication.
Fifth Level (Japanese 710-711-712 [Individualized]): This series of courses allows the exceptional undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cultural discourses of Japan through discussion of texts and broadcast media that reflect current intellectual concerns of Japan.
Intensive Japanese: First Level, Second Level, and Fourth Level courses are offered in the Summer. Second Level and Third Level can be covered in AU-WI-SP Quarters. Thus, you can complete four levels of instruction (60 credit hours) in as few as 15 months.
Individualized Instruction: You can pursue the study of Japanese on a self-paced, one-to-one teacher/student basis in Individualized Instruction through the 104 level and 710-711-712.
Study Abroad
DEALL has a relationship with Hokkaido University (Sapporo), International Christian University (Tokyo), Nanzan University (Nagoya), Tenri University (Tenri), University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba), and Waseda University (Tokyo). For more information contact Dr. Elizabeth Angerman at angerman.6@osu.edu.
Students' Comments
"Getting to work with native speakers both inside and outside the classroom; incredibly detailed grammar and culture explanations, skilled teachers...It is a great course and I think that when I go to Japan there is going to be a lot of room for improvement in my Japanese but at least I will have the framework of the language down to a T. Thanks to all the great teachers..."
"This program, I believe is the next best thing to cultural immersion, linguistically almost flawless. It is impossible to walk out of the program without getting something out of it unless you don’t show up. All of the professors were very helpful and understanding of my goals. You can get so much out of the program and it requires a lot of effort. One of the best language intensive programs around. In studying many languages I found it very helpful."
"The strength of the program is thoroughness of material covered. I have put in so much time and I feel that my skills in Japanese improved greatly."
"This course has actually been the most I've learned in a Japanese class so far, and equally the hardest I've worked."