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Studying and Teaching Japanese in Ohio (as of Fall 2001)

School The University of Findlay
Contact information
  • Contact person: Dr. Fumiko K. Harada
  • Email : harada@mail.findlay.edu
  • Phone number: (419)-434-4825
  • Website: http://www.findlay.edu/ -Japanese web site is under construction
Number of instructors in this program 2 with graduate student assistants
Number of students in this program about 20-25
Number of years/levels of Japanese taught 4 years, 120, 121, 220, 221, 320, 321, 420, 421, together with culture and experiential courses
Texts
  • This program presently (as of Fall 2001) uses: Japanese: The Spoken Language/Written Language, accompanying CD, audio tapes, video tapes, our own materials
  • Coverage of the texts for each level: We changed our curriculum from 5 to 4 [3+1] years. So, we can't say for sure. Since our program is small, we do not make a rigid curriculum for each semester. Our goal is to complete the entire JSL (Part 1-3) in 3 years.
Degrees offered (college instructor only) Major, Minor
Level-entrance exam
  • Level-entrance exams: We deal with the situation case by case.
  • the emphasis of these exams: n/a
Other information about this program We offer Muti-Age Teacher Certification. We are the OSET headquarter and also a host institution for OSUS. We have Japnaese company sponsored internship programs in Japan.
OSET -- Ohio Saitama English Teaching Program;
OSUS -- Ohio Saitama University Scholarship Program