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College of Humanities Undergraduate Programs: Japanese studies at San Francisco State University offer studies in three main areas - language, literature and culture, as well as in translation, interpretation and specialized courses for business applications. The BA degree curriculum satisfies the single subject requirement in Japanese for the California teaching credential. The MA Program is divided into two areas of concentration: Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language, and Professional Applications of Japanese Language.

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Undergraduate Japanese Program
The Undergraduate Japanese Program focuses on developing proficiency in the language in a socio-culrual context by offering a variety of language training courses and by conducting courses in culture, linguistics and literature in Japanese. In addition to the required course work, studetns choose electives from a broad range of subjects, which include various courses in literature and culture as well as in translation, interpretation, and business Japanese.

Master of Arts in Japanese
The Master of Arts in Japanese offers two emphases: Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language and Professional Applications of the Language Study. The curriculum for the teaching emphasis prepares students for a career in teaching Japanese at the college level. Courses offered include liguistics, pedagogy, materials development, culture, second-language acquisition, and practicum. The Professional applications emphasis helps students acquire competency in their specific occupational goals in areas such as business, government, arts, interpreting, translation, and other professional fields.

Graduates of our MA Program with the Teaching emphasis are teaching at various universities, high schools, and language schools, including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, City College of San Francisco, College of Marin, Diablo Valley College, Dominican College, College Preparatory School, and Soko Gakuen.

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Hills Learning, New York

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Hills Learning is located in Manhattan, New York City and provides Japanese programs for all levels from beginner to advanced.

Students can choose between intensive Japanese, standard Japanese, business Japanese, Online Japanese lessons, exam preparation for the profiency exam of Japanese. or Japanese for vacation. Corporate Training is also available.

In addition to this, we also offer Chinese and English Lessons. Our courses are designed to meet student needs in terms of conversational proficiency, scheduling flexibility, and overall effective language acquisition.

It is our personal experience that the most effective way to learn or develop your language skills is from face to face interaction with a professional teacher. We have an array of teachers with a variety of backgrounds to match student's interests, goals, and desires for language learning.

For our individual lessons we specialize in finding the right teacher and creating the correct curriculum. For group courses we offer alternatives to traditional, less interactive language classes.

Whether your reasons to learn language are academic, professional, cultural or personal, we'll find the right match for you.

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ABC Languages, Bay Area CA & Online Japanese Classes in USA

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• Learn Japanese with ABC Languages in Menlo Park! We offer private and group Japanese language classes to adults, students and children ages 5+ at our language school which is conveniently located just off El Camino in downtown Menlo Park (San Mateo County CA), easily accessible from the 101 or 280 highways.

• In addition, we teach Japanese to schools and organizations throughout Silicon Valley and South Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area, including in San Jose, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale (Santa Clara County). We also teach Japanese in downtown San Francisco.

• ABC has earned an excellent reputation in the Bay Area and was voted “Best of the Bay Area” by SF Chronicle online users. We taught Uma Thurman Japanese for her role in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill".

• One factor in our success is that we ensure all our teachers have a minimum of 2 years teaching experience before we even interview them.

• Our teachers make the Japanese language come alive in the classroom. Authentic conversation practice, role play, videos and picture prompts are commonly used in our classes. You will find yourself beginning to think in Japanese as you interact with your teacher and fellow classmates.

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ABC Languages - Japanese classes Queens area

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Are you searching for Japanese language classes in Queens NY?

A leading foreign language institute, ABC Languages provides high-quality private Japanese lessons for adults, kids, and teenagers throughout NYC.

Our professional and experienced Japanese tutors teach all over Queens, including in Astoria, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Forest Hills, Jamaica, Bayside, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, and surrounding areas.

Private lessons can take place at your home, office, or other location of your choice. Alternatively, you can attend group Japanese classes or private tutoring at our conveniently-located language school in Midtown Manhattan.

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ABC Languages, Westchester County & Southern Connecticut

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Japanese is a fun and rewarding language to learn! Whether you want to improve your Japanese language skills for work purposes or for travel, private tutoring with ABC Languages is the best option for you.

We provide quality one-on-one / small group Japanese lessons to adults, teenagers and children throughout Westchester County NY (including in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, the Bronx, New Rochelle, Greenburgh, White Plains, Peekskill, Rye) and Southern Connecticut (including in Stamford, Norwalk, New Canaan, Darien & surrounding areas).

One-on-one / semi-private Japanese lessons are also the most intensive way to immerse yourself in the language and allow you to learn at your own pace.

With the full attention of your experienced and professional teacher, you will have a customized learning program designed for you that takes into account your interests and your preferred learning style. Total immersion courses are ideal for people relocating to Japan and may include a cross-cultural training component.

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ABC Languages, New York City

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• ABC Languages is a premier language institute situated in Chelsea, Manhattan West Side. We provide beginner to advanced level Japanese language programs to adults, kids and teens.

• Our popular language school is located at 146 West 29th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan West Side (between 6th and 7th Avenues, near Penn Station, NoMad, Flatiron, Koreatown and Midtown Manhattan).

• At ABC, we strive to provide top quality lessons, while also creating a multi-linguistic, multi-national atmosphere of students who come after work, during the day, weekends or any time to learn the language of their choice.

• We also make sure you learn in an effective way. This means teaching you practical, spoken Japanese so you can communicate in the real world, not just in the classroom. We achieve this by keeping our classrooms learner-centered and small in size (maximum 9 students).

• In addition to our Japanese programs, we also provide classes in Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Mandarin, Chinese, and more.

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The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo)

Courses / Programs

Are you searching for Japanese language classes in Los Angeles?

The Japan Foundation (JF Nihongo) provides comprehensive Japanese lessons for adult students in Central Los Angeles, convenient for students from Torrance, Carson, Gardena, Redondo Beach, and surrounding areas.

Located in the Miracle Mile area between LA and Beverly Hills, we deliver everyday, conversational Japanese courses which are based on the Japan Foundation’s "JF Standard" rather than traditional beginner to advanced levels.

Our primary goal in offering JF Nihongo courses is creating an opportunity for people to enjoy learning Japanese.

Each JF Nihongo course is designed with “Can-do” statements in mind, which describe specific themes and learning goals; what learners want to be able to do after taking a course.

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