ELJ101: Elementary Japanese 1 (Asynchronous)
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This website presents a series of self-paced exercises for students in the fully asynchronous modality of Elementary Japanese 101 at LaGuardia Community College. The fully asynchronous course consists of 18 different modules, each of which has the following structure.
Students must complete the recorded lecture and lab sessions as well as the comprehension check (formative) assessment before starting the exercises.
Modules
- Module 01: Audio Repeat: This practice set provides audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese greetings and expressions. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the phrases, focusing on pronunciation and listening comprehension.
- Module 01: Multiple-choice Audio to English: This practice set provides multiple-choice audio exercises to practice English translations of common Japanese greetings and expressions, focusing on listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.The exercises consist of audio prompts in Japanese, each followed by five English translation options. Users select the correct English equivalent, enhancing their listening skills and understanding of basic Japanese phrases.
- Module 01: Multiple-choice English to Audio: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese greetings and expressions. Learners listen to English audio prompts and select the correct Japanese equivalent, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 01: Multiple-choice Image to Audio: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese greetings and expressions. Learners view images and select the correct Japanese audio response, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 02: Audio Repeat: This practice set provides audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese numbers from 1 to 99. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the phrases, focusing on pronunciation and listening comprehension.
- Module 02: Multiple-choice Audio to English: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese numbers. Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct English equivalent, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 02: Multiple-choice Audio to Japanese: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese numbers. Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct Japanese numeral, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 02: Multiple-choice English to Audio: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese numbers. Learners view English numerals and select the correct Japanese audio response, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 02: Multiple-choice Image to Audio: This practice set provides multiple-choice exercises for practicing Japanese phone numbers. Learners view images of phone numbers and select the correct Japanese audio response, enhancing listening comprehension and number recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Japanese to Audio (あ-か): This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese vocabulary from the Hiragana syllables あ (a) to こ (ko). Learners read a Japanese word and select the corresponding audio clip from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Japanese to Audio (あ-と): This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese vocabulary from the Hiragana syllables あ (a) to と (to). Learners read a Japanese word and select the corresponding audio clip from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Japanese to Audio (あ-ほ): This practice set provides multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese vocabulary from the Hiragana syllables あ (a) to ほ (ho). Learners read a Japanese word and select the corresponding audio clip from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Japanese to Audio (あ-ん): This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese vocabulary from the Hiragana syllables あ (a) to ん (n). Learners read a Japanese word and select the corresponding audio clip from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Japanese to Audio (Glide Sounds): This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises focusing on Japanese vocabulary containing glide sounds (e.g., きゃ, しゃ, ちょ). Learners read a Japanese word and select the corresponding audio clip from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and pronunciation of glide syllables.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Audio to Japanese: This practice set provides multiple-choice audio exercises to practice Japanese vocabulary. Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct Hiragana word from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 03: Multiple-choice Image to Japanese: This practice set offers multiple-choice exercises for practicing Japanese vocabulary recognition. Learners view images and select the correct Japanese word written in Hiragana from five options, enhancing reading skills and vocabulary comprehension.
- Module 04: Audio Repeat: This practice set offers audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese greetings and expressions. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the phrases, focusing on pronunciation and listening comprehension.
- Module 04: Multiple-choice Audio to English: This practice set provides multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese self-introductions (individuals). Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct English equivalent, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 04: Multiple-choice Audio to English: This practice set provides multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing Japanese self-introductions (group). Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct English equivalent, enhancing listening comprehension and vocabulary recognition.
- Module 04: Multiple-choice Reading: This practice set offers multiple-choice reading comprehension exercises based on Japanese self-introductions. Learners read short passages in Japanese and answer questions in English, enhancing reading skills and understanding of personal information expressions.
- Module 05: Multiple-choice English to Audio: This practice set offers multiple-choice audio exercises for practicing large Japanese numbers. Learners listen to Japanese audio prompts and select the correct English numeral from five options, enhancing listening comprehension and number recognition.
- Module 05: Multiple-choice Image to Audio: This practice set offers interactive image-to-audio multiple-choice exercises from an asynchronous beginner’s elementary Japanese course. Activities focus on listening comprehension, large number recognition, and fundamental language skills with cultural insights, effectively.
- Module 07: Audio Repeat: This practice set provides audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese particles も, ね, and よ. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the phrases, focusing on pronunciation and listening comprehension.
- Module 08: Audio Repeat: This practice set offers audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese verbs in the order of the short form and the long form. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the verb, focusing on verb conjugation.
- Module 08: Multiple-choice Image to Audio: The practice set offers audio-based repetition exercises for practicing Japanese greetings and expressions. Learners listen to Japanese audio clips and repeat the phrases, focusing on pronunciation and listening comprehension.
- Module 08: Multiple-choice Reading: This practice set offers multiple-choice reading comprehension exercises centered on daily routines and common verbs in Japanese. Learners read short passages in Japanese and answer questions in English, enhancing reading skills and understanding of everyday activities.
- Module 08: Fill in the blanks: This practice set provides fill-in-the-blank exercises focusing on Japanese particles within the context of daily routines and common verbs. Learners complete sentences by selecting the appropriate particle (e.g., に, を, で, が, へ) from multiple-choice options, enhancing their understanding of grammatical structures and everyday vocabulary.