COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) .................. WINTER, SPRING,
SUMMER, & FALL (33 hours, each)
Class & Section ................................ INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION SA
Instructor ........................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time .......................
Saturdays, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
PREREQUISITE
Beginning Conversation or 45 contact hours of
Japanese (or equivalent).
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: Talk
about the characteristics of things and places, the weather;
express onefs thoughts about experiences and gratitude; talk about
tourist destinations and onefs hometown; ask the meaning of a word
you do not know; talk about giving and receiving gifts, compliment
someone about closing; talk about someonefs likes and skills, talk
about what you would like to do; tell where a certain event is
taking place, invite someone to an event, receive or decline an
invitation, state a reason for declining an invitation; talk about
what you want to do, talk about weekend plans, travel plans, and
business trips; talk about a sequence of actions; ask someone to
do something for you, request delivery of something by a certain
means at a certain time, give directions to a taxi driver; ask and
answer means of transportation, route, and time requested to reach
a destination, ask and answer departure and arrival times. NO
WRITING IS TAUGHT IN THIS CLASS.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required: Association for Japanese-Language Teaching.
(2020). Japanese For
Busy People I Romanized VERSION
(Lessons 11-20). Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International.
[Available at the Kinokuniya
Bookstore,
San Francisco--Geary at Webster. Phone 415-567-7625].
2. Practice on the Internet
https://japanese-phrases.sakura.ne.jp
https://www.ajalt.org/sfyj
EVALUATION
1. One final exam (2.5 hours).
2. Upon successful completion (80% or higher attendance
rate and 80% or higher final exam score) of the course, a STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT
will be written if requested at the time you take the
final exam.
3. Your final exam score (%) and attendance (%) will be kept in a
digitized form @STUDENT
GRADES AND INFORMATION REPOSITORY.
TEACHING STYLE
The instructor will create a relaxed, low-anxiety atmosphere
through which you can acquire the previously mentioned course
objectives with less effort and with ease. The instructor will use
an eclectic teaching method.
PROCEDURES
1. The instructor will follow the CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule (see
below).
2. In class, student and teacher (and student and student) will
engage in interactive language activities, a variety of exercises,
using Japanese as much as possible. The instructor, however, will
use some mechanical and meaningful drills, when necessary, to
develop your kinetic memory for the training of the perceptual
motor skills.
3. Students will reinforce and develop vocabulary, structure,
listening (audio CDs, available in the textbook) and
conversational skills through weekly assignments.
4. The class, however, may be conducted in accordance with the
needs of the students in class within the course objectives.
CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule
Week 1. Lessons 11&12
Week 2. Lesson 13
Week 3. Lesson 14
Week 4. Lesson 15
Week 5. Lesson 16
Week 6. Lesson 17
Week 7. Lesson 18
Week 8. Lesson 19
Week 9. Review
Week 10. FINAL EXAM
Week 11. Lesson 20. Last Day of Class.
*Weekly assignments on specific dates
will be available from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to listen to the audio files, memorize new
words, read the grammar explanation in the textbook and to
complete all assignments before coming to class.
2. From time to time short quizzes may be given in class.
3. Please be on time for class; otherwise, you interrupt the
lesson for others. Regular class attendance and participation are
essential for language learning.
4. Excessive absences (more than 3 class meetings) may be cause
for repetition of the course.
5. The results of your final exam (%) and attendance (%) will be
kept in a digitized form @STUDENT GRADES AND
INFORMATION REPOSITORY. Your PROGRESS REPORT
will be kept in the Soko Gakuen Records Office, and the Office
will release it only upon your request.
6. When you obtain a score of 80% or higher on the final exam, you
move up to a higher level class. Soko Gakuen's exit criteria for
each class/level are based on the 1987 ACTFL
Japanese Language Proficiency Guidelines.
POLICY ON FINAL EXAM
There will be NO MAKE-UP FINAL for this course.
ALL THE ENDEAVORS OF THE TEACHER WILL FAIL TO
INSURE SUCCESS UNLESS YOU PREPARE WITH DILIGENCE AND CONSTANCY
THE EXERCISES TO BE GIVEN IN CLASS.
YOUR PROGRESS IS OUR CONCERN !
Soko Gakuen's tuition is the lowest rate possible while keeping its high level of quality.
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