Historic villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama where farmhouses were built with a design of steep roofs, resembling two hands joined in prayer, to withstand and shed the region's heavy snowfall in the winter (Image courtesy of 663highland on Wikimedia. License: CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Takako Aikawa
Masami Ikeda-Lamm
Wakana Maekawa
Emiko Rafique
MIT Course Number
21G.503
As Taught In
Fall 2019
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
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Course Description
Students further develop their skills in Japanese speaking, listening, reading, and writing in this intermediate language course. This course involves continued vocabulary and kanji building.
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