Japanese pitch accent and phonetics Proposal
Plan on submitting a proposal of why my school, “Metropolitan Community College” in Omaha Nebraska, needs to insert Japanese pitch accent/phonetics in their “Liberal Arts/Academic Transfer – Language Studies” program/curriculum.
If you need sources to help you argue the point, here are some sources think could be really useful. Dogen: ” ” AND Shigeto Kawahara 11 The phonology of Japanese accent: ” ” . The second one is a really tough read, but it provides an academic perspective with citations to back.
The first link is playlist of videos that explain the “why” it’s important. Just in case you need help getting the writer juices flowing, here’s a breakdown.
1. Write the needs of a pitch accent class.
2. Include a description of the class.
3. Imply the cost is reasonable just like what a normal social studies class would need.
4. Suggest that measuring the success of the program is already possible with current available staff, such as Tokyo native Midori Maruoka (Japanese language professor).
5. Anything and everything else you think you should put in. If you need more pages, contact me and update my order so that you can write as much as you want.