Japanese language programs

[Robyn Citizen]

Thanks! I checked into IUC but the it seems that I have to be somewhat more proficient in Kanji (500-700 characters) then I currently am and need to have three semesters of university courses in Japanese.

Robyn Citizen
PhD Candidate 
Cinema Studies
New York University
alternate e-mail: ladykaede1221 at gmail.com



"I'm giving her all she's got Captain!" - Scotty, Star Trek 2009





----- Original Message -----
From: Lindsay Nelson <lrnelson at usc.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010 9:45 pm
Subject: Re: Japanese language programs
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

> I second IUC Yokohama, have heard great things from friends who did it--I
> did a one-year intensive program at Sophia that was really helpful (I 
> think
> they've also got a summer course now, www.sophia.ac.jp), and I applied 
> for a
> similar program at Waseda.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > This one, IUC in Yokohama, is a good one. I studied their 1-yr
> > program, but they have summer courses as well.
> >
> > http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC/
> >
> > Eija
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Robyn Citizen <rc1434 at nyu.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone on the list could recommend a good 
> program or
> > school in Japan for intensive short-term (summer) Japanese lessons.
> > >
> > > I've been learning Japanese informally and through weekly Japan Society
> > classes for a couple of years now and have decided that at 30 and 
> with a
> > natural ineptitude when it comes to grammar, I probably need to 
> invest in
> > the immersion experience if only for a brief period.
> > >
> > > Ideally, this will put me on the right track to being able to watch
> > Japanese movies without subtitles - which is necessary since I can 
> only find
> > certain films like KIKU TO ISAMU, without them - and read the 
> original text
> > of film reviews and analyses by Japanese critics.
> > >
> > > Thanks much,
> > >
> > > Robyn Citizen
> > > PhD Candidate
> > > Cinema Studies
> > > New York University
> > > alternate e-mail: ladykaede1221 at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "I'm giving her all she's got Captain!" - Scotty, Star Trek 2009
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Eija Niskanen
> > c/o Fujita
> > Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
> > Musashino-shi
> > Tokyo 180-0004
> >