Spring 2027

Advanced Japanese: Solidifying the Foundations

Advanced Japanese course solidifying foundations through speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, kanji, vocabulary, and culture before upper-division work.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Naomi Geyer4.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.53 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Connect sentences to provide information on some familiar and abstract topics (e.g., cultural differences and social issues)

  • State nuanced opinions and understand others’ view points

  • Understand the main idea and some details in talk and authentic texts that contain mostly familiar vocabulary

  • Develop the understanding and use of various styles such as spoken vs. written styles, formal vs. casual styles, etc.

  • Examine some cultural similarities and differences between the target culture and one's own, as well as the diversity within each culture and their connections in the globalized world

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ASIALANG 303 or placement into ASIALANG 304

ASIALANG 375

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Professors

Spring 2027

Naomi Geyer

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Raw average: 4.30/5 from 27 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NAOMI F. GEYER is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.53 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Japanese grammar, kanji, and vocabulary/expressions.
  • Authentic Japanese textual and audiovisual materials.
  • Familiar and abstract topics including cultural differences and social issues.
  • Spoken/written and formal/casual language styles.
  • Cultural comparison, intra-cultural diversity, and globalized connections.

Skills

  • Reviewing, reinforcing, and expanding Japanese grammar, kanji, and vocabulary/expressions.
  • Connecting sentences to provide information on familiar and abstract topics such as cultural differences and social issues.
  • Stating nuanced opinions and understanding other viewpoints.
  • Understanding main ideas and details in spoken and authentic written Japanese with mostly familiar vocabulary.
  • Using various Japanese registers including spoken/written and formal/casual styles.
  • Examining cultural similarities, differences, internal diversity, and globalized connections.

Grades

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ASIALANG 375 · Spring 2027

Advanced Japanese: Solidifying the Foundations

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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