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| | Department of Asian Studies |
 | | Japanese is the most commonly taught Asian language and the fifth most commonly taught foreign language overall in the U.S. In 2002, more than 52 thousand American college students were studying Japanese. |
 | | Students taking a concentration in Japanese are strongly encouraged to choose from the following courses that are crosslisted with Asian Studies to fulfill some of the general education perspectives or as electives: ASIA 134 [34], 183 [39], 226 [54], 265 [166], 284 [71], 287 [87], 288 [88], 440 [123], 586 [196]. |
 | | Emphasis on situational Japanese, verb conjugations, conjunctions, and approximately 150 new kanji. |
| www.unc.edu /depts/asia/program_japanese.html (910 words) |
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