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Jake Cipris

Professor
Stockton
Office
Room 249
Wendell Phillips Center Annex
Email Address
Phone Number
Education

PhD, Columbia University, 1994

M.Phil, Columbia University, 1987

MA, Columbia University, 1987

Teaching Interests

My teaching method is eclectic, utilizing whatever works best.聽Naturally, I also aim to be consistently accessible to students, respectful of your efforts, and responsive to your needs. We are in this together; I am learning and growing as a teacher no less than you are as students.

The fact that I first started learning Japanese when I was considerably older than you probably are constitutes a positive element in the process: if the teacher could do it so can you. Moreover, the shared perspective of a linguistic outsider confers a distinct teaching advantage: I know exactly what is involved in grappling with a complicated sentence structure or an intractable kanji. Having traveled along the same linguistic route, I can certainly sympathize, comprehend, and help to ease some of the hardships of the journey that confronts you.