2009 Spring Trimester Schedule
I found several awesome world literature anthologies in the library. I haven't been this exciting about reading in a long time.
Here is what I'm planning to take in the spring. We don't register until the first week of April, so I still have lots of time to change my mind:
1. Topics in English Linguistics: World Englishes
2. a) History of Japanese Political Thought AND/OR b)(Japanese Intellectual History OR History of Western Philosophy)
3. a) Language Policy: the Case of French OR b) Language and Culture in Japan
4. a) Advanced Speaking French OR b) Advanced Japanese 2 Reading and Discussion
5. Old Testament Hebrew
1. Got my heart set on this one. I can't wait to take another class with this professor. I don't mind that taking this will mean I can't take Advanced Japanese 2.
2. I am interested in taking a), but I'm not sure it will fulfill my philosophy requirement back at Georgetown. If not, then maybe one of the b) choices will, in which case I will choose one of those (but probably not both).
3. I'd rather take a), but I would settle for b) if the professor doesn't think I can handle it.
4. As it turns out, the Advanced 2 schedule is such that I'd have to choose between a) and b). I don't know which is more interesting/challenging, but if French turns out not to be a total waste of time then I will take that. It would be nice to bring my French up to the level of Chinese and Japanese.
5. I'm also somewhat undecided about Old Testament Hebrew, not least because it is a first-period class. On the other hand, seeing as it's a first-period Old Testament Hebrew class in a Japanese university, the class size is likely to be quite small, which means I might be able to get the professor to increase the pace. And the professor is Korean.
Except for World Englishes, French, and Biblical Hebrew, all of those classes are conducted in Japanese. So I will also need to consider whether I can function in the class. I might send e-mails to the professors to see if non-Japanese students have taken the class before and how they did. But I have been performing quite well in Advanced, which means that from the university's official viewpoint my Japanese is good enough to take classes in Japanese. Which makes sense I guess, because we have given more speeches, done more academic readings, and written longer papers than most Japanese students ever have to do.
Here is what I'm planning to take in the spring. We don't register until the first week of April, so I still have lots of time to change my mind:
1. Topics in English Linguistics: World Englishes
2. a) History of Japanese Political Thought AND/OR b)(Japanese Intellectual History OR History of Western Philosophy)
3. a) Language Policy: the Case of French OR b) Language and Culture in Japan
4. a) Advanced Speaking French OR b) Advanced Japanese 2 Reading and Discussion
5. Old Testament Hebrew
1. Got my heart set on this one. I can't wait to take another class with this professor. I don't mind that taking this will mean I can't take Advanced Japanese 2.
2. I am interested in taking a), but I'm not sure it will fulfill my philosophy requirement back at Georgetown. If not, then maybe one of the b) choices will, in which case I will choose one of those (but probably not both).
3. I'd rather take a), but I would settle for b) if the professor doesn't think I can handle it.
4. As it turns out, the Advanced 2 schedule is such that I'd have to choose between a) and b). I don't know which is more interesting/challenging, but if French turns out not to be a total waste of time then I will take that. It would be nice to bring my French up to the level of Chinese and Japanese.
5. I'm also somewhat undecided about Old Testament Hebrew, not least because it is a first-period class. On the other hand, seeing as it's a first-period Old Testament Hebrew class in a Japanese university, the class size is likely to be quite small, which means I might be able to get the professor to increase the pace. And the professor is Korean.
Except for World Englishes, French, and Biblical Hebrew, all of those classes are conducted in Japanese. So I will also need to consider whether I can function in the class. I might send e-mails to the professors to see if non-Japanese students have taken the class before and how they did. But I have been performing quite well in Advanced, which means that from the university's official viewpoint my Japanese is good enough to take classes in Japanese. Which makes sense I guess, because we have given more speeches, done more academic readings, and written longer papers than most Japanese students ever have to do.