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I'm sorry that I don't speak English.
If Japanese isn't a language option at your school (not entirely surprising; language options at universities were traditionally for "enriching the curriculum" via exposure to the European languages, and only in the last bunch of years have other languages come to be included. Coastal universities and business universities tend to have a better chance of offering non-European languages), have you considered investing in:
a) CD ROM or books on tape Japanese lessons? I believe several people on my friends list are teaching themselves Japanese that way.
b) Language exchanges with people at your university? My alma mater had a high number of Japanese exchange students, and many English-speaking students chose to have "English conversation tutorials" where they'd just go out for a cup of coffee, help the Japanese students perfect their English conversation skills, and learn Japanese phrases and such in exchange.
c) Community college classes, if they're available? (I'm mostly familiar with West Coast community college classes, which generally have Asian languages in addition to European ones. Depending on your community, your mileage may vary.)
Part of the difficulty is that a university or community college is unlikely to invest professors and materials in a language class unless they know for a fact that they'll have enough students enrolling to make the class possible.
This is more likely at business colleges (where they MUST learn Japanese to do business) and on the West Coast (where it's actually viable to get a degree in International Relations, due to the proximity to the Pacific Rim and the amount of business done with Asia in general).
I've had the experience of an "Advanced Placement Prep" prerequisite class being outright cancelled because they couldn't get the minimum class size... and that was for AP French, which is generally very popular in Canada. If you think it's frustrating when a course that you want isn't available, just imagine how frustrating it is when a REQUIRED course isn't available.
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If Japanese isn't a language option at your school (not entirely surprising; language options at universities were traditionally for "enriching the curriculum" via exposure to the European languages, and only in the last bunch of years have other languages come to be included. Coastal universities and business universities tend to have a better chance of offering non-European languages), have you considered investing in:
a) CD ROM or books on tape Japanese lessons? I believe several people on my friends list are teaching themselves Japanese that way.
b) Language exchanges with people at your university? My alma mater had a high number of Japanese exchange students, and many English-speaking students chose to have "English conversation tutorials" where they'd just go out for a cup of coffee, help the Japanese students perfect their English conversation skills, and learn Japanese phrases and such in exchange.
c) Community college classes, if they're available? (I'm mostly familiar with West Coast community college classes, which generally have Asian languages in addition to European ones. Depending on your community, your mileage may vary.)
Part of the difficulty is that a university or community college is unlikely to invest professors and materials in a language class unless they know for a fact that they'll have enough students enrolling to make the class possible.
This is more likely at business colleges (where they MUST learn Japanese to do business) and on the West Coast (where it's actually viable to get a degree in International Relations, due to the proximity to the Pacific Rim and the amount of business done with Asia in general).
I've had the experience of an "Advanced Placement Prep" prerequisite class being outright cancelled because they couldn't get the minimum class size... and that was for AP French, which is generally very popular in Canada. If you think it's frustrating when a course that you want isn't available, just imagine how frustrating it is when a REQUIRED course isn't available.