Japanese 302: History of Japan
Japanese 302: History of Japan
Description
This course further develops advanced Japanese proficiency through an understanding of Japanese history as a dynamic, interrelated system and employs a variety of processes to identify, analyze and evaluate cultural themes, values and ideas. Students will demonstrate ability to accurately comprehend ideas across a range of historical content. Taught in Japanese. (Credit/No Credit Available)
Units:4 to 6
First, I want to say that I dislike History because it's difficult me to memorize all the information. There are so many important people, important dates and wars that I mix things up and create my own history. When entering this class, I had a bad mentality, assuming that I was going to fail. One week into the course, I dropped out of the class. Again, Professor Sekine was in charge of this course. Of course, she immediately saw that I dropped out and I received an email from her a couple days later, explaining that she wanted an appointment with me. I sighed and agreed. I met with a classmate who slightly scared me, saying that it was so hard he had to drop. However, other classmates expressed that it wasn't bad but actually entertaining. Professor Sekine persuaded me to re-enter the class. I was 2 weeks behind but Professor Sekine printed all the paper work for me to catch up. I did the 2 weeks worth of paperwork in one weekend and I was back on top. I came into the classroom once again, a little nervous for I'm not on the right level as everyone who's been consistently coming to class. I actually enjoyed this history course. We had a short Japanese history book containing short and brief historical matters for us to translate. The stories were also available on iLearn and I was able to click on Japanese grammar, vocabulary, and translation to assist me with the story translation. I had to complete many questions about the stories known as "kansoo shitsumon" along with vocabulary quizzes each Tuesday. In class, one student is assigned as question leader where that student reads the questions out loud. Various students are are judges and they receive a sign that includes the Japanese words "batsu" and "maru." Maru means the answer is correct and batsu means the answer is not entirely correct or completely wrong. So, the class is slightly entertaining. Professor Sekine also read the entire story herself so we can witness the speed and flow of the Japanese language. The only downfall about this class is there are chapter exams. There are so many stories to remember and I honestly didn't do well on the first exam and did okay on the second exam. I'm just not a good exam taker. Anyways, I over estimated the class, and advise all Japanese language majors to take it.
Picked a historical topic to present in class at the end of the semester
日本とアメリカの自由民権運動の違いPPT: PDF
Description
This course further develops advanced Japanese proficiency through an understanding of Japanese history as a dynamic, interrelated system and employs a variety of processes to identify, analyze and evaluate cultural themes, values and ideas. Students will demonstrate ability to accurately comprehend ideas across a range of historical content. Taught in Japanese. (Credit/No Credit Available)
Units:4 to 6
First, I want to say that I dislike History because it's difficult me to memorize all the information. There are so many important people, important dates and wars that I mix things up and create my own history. When entering this class, I had a bad mentality, assuming that I was going to fail. One week into the course, I dropped out of the class. Again, Professor Sekine was in charge of this course. Of course, she immediately saw that I dropped out and I received an email from her a couple days later, explaining that she wanted an appointment with me. I sighed and agreed. I met with a classmate who slightly scared me, saying that it was so hard he had to drop. However, other classmates expressed that it wasn't bad but actually entertaining. Professor Sekine persuaded me to re-enter the class. I was 2 weeks behind but Professor Sekine printed all the paper work for me to catch up. I did the 2 weeks worth of paperwork in one weekend and I was back on top. I came into the classroom once again, a little nervous for I'm not on the right level as everyone who's been consistently coming to class. I actually enjoyed this history course. We had a short Japanese history book containing short and brief historical matters for us to translate. The stories were also available on iLearn and I was able to click on Japanese grammar, vocabulary, and translation to assist me with the story translation. I had to complete many questions about the stories known as "kansoo shitsumon" along with vocabulary quizzes each Tuesday. In class, one student is assigned as question leader where that student reads the questions out loud. Various students are are judges and they receive a sign that includes the Japanese words "batsu" and "maru." Maru means the answer is correct and batsu means the answer is not entirely correct or completely wrong. So, the class is slightly entertaining. Professor Sekine also read the entire story herself so we can witness the speed and flow of the Japanese language. The only downfall about this class is there are chapter exams. There are so many stories to remember and I honestly didn't do well on the first exam and did okay on the second exam. I'm just not a good exam taker. Anyways, I over estimated the class, and advise all Japanese language majors to take it.
Picked a historical topic to present in class at the end of the semester
日本とアメリカの自由民権運動の違いPPT: PDF