Hiroko Sherry
Title: Senior Lecturer in Japanese
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
850 Williams Hall
Courses:
- JPAN481/482- 680 – Advanced Japanese Proficiency I & II
Course Description/Objectives:
This course is for students with an advanced background in Japanese, who are interested in taking the Level 2 Japanese Proficiency Test. Solid grammar, an extensive vocabulary, and the knowledge of at least 800-900 Chinese characters are required. Also, at least one semester of study abroad experience is highly desirable. This course is not continuous with any existing 300-level Japanese course; therefore, your grade from a 300-level course doesn’t qualify you to take this course. Eligibility will be determined through an interview and placement test taken in the first meeting. All students who take this course are required to take the Japanese Proficiency Test in December.
Since the JLPT is administered in December every year, if you wish to fully prepare for the test, the instructor strongly recommend that you take JPAN482 first in the spring of the same year. For example, if you plan to take the test in December, 2010, start taking 482 in the spring, 2010 and take 481 in the fall, 2010. Different from other courses, this full-year course begins in the spring and ends in the fall, because the test is given in December. However, participation in 482 is optional.
Personal Information
Education
- 1970 Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan B.A. in English
- 1975 International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan M.A. in Education
- 1979 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M.A. in Linguistics
Teaching Experience
- 1971-75 Takushoku University Language Center, Tokyo, JAPAN Instructor in Japanese
- 1975-78 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Department of East Asian Studies Visiting Lecturer in Japanese
- 1981-Present University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- 1981-85 Part-time Lecturer in Japanese
- 1985-89 Full-time Lecturer in Japanese
- 1989-present Senior Lecturer in Japanese
- 1995-present Language Program Coordinator in Japanese