COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) ............... WINTER, SPRING,
SUMMER, & FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section
.......................... BEGINNING 2 SM, ME, or WE
Instructor ......................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time
................. Saturday
9-12noon,
Monday
6-9pm, or Wednesday 6-9pm
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: talk
about everyday activities\what, when, where; make reservations at
a restaurant by phone; state how frequently one does
something; talk about the characteristics of things and
places; talk about the weather; express onefs thoughts about
experiences; express gratitude; talk about tourist
destinations and onefs hometown; ask the meaning of a word
you do not know; talk about giving and receiving gifts; talk
about what one possesses; 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 and
invitation.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required:
a) Japanese For
Busy People I Romanized VERSION
(Lessons 8-16) by Kodansha USA / AJALT.
b) Shimazu, Y. M. (2022). Handy
Katakana Workbook. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt
Pub. [also available at Kinokuniya Bookstore, San Francisco--Geary
at Webster. Phone 415-567-7625].
2. Recommended: Mizutani, O., & Mizutani, N.
(1977 & 1979). nihongo notes (Vols. 1
& 2).
3. Audio files.
Visit https://www.kodanshausa.com
and locate Japanese for Busy
People I
and click on corresponding Audio Lessons.
4. Online software programs for you to practice KANA,
etc. at home.
http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/
http://www.realkana.com/katakana
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.
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 possib le. 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 to audio files 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. Brief Review and Lesson 8
....................... GOING TO NIKKO
Week 2. Lesson 9
....................................................... LOOKING
FOR A PARKING LOT
Week 3. Lesson 10
..................................................... MAKING PLANS
FOR THE WEEKEND
Week 4. Lesson 11
..................................................... AT A TEMPURA
RESTAURANT
Week 5. Lesson 12
..................................................... RECEIVING
HOSPITALITY
Week 6. Lesson 13
..................................................... GIVING
COMPLIMENTS
Week 7. Lesson 13, Review and Quiz
Week 8. Lesson 14
..................................................... EXPRESSING
GRATITUDE
Week 9. Lesson 15
..................................................... INVITATIONS
Week 10. FINAL EXAM
Week 11. Lesson 16
...................................................
PARTICIPATING IN A FESTIVAL
*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 KANA 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
If you are unable to take the final exam on the scheduled date due
to circumstances beyond your control, the exam will be given only
in a similar test-taking situation (under supervision of an
instructor at Soko Gakuen). Unless the final exam is made up
before the PROGRESS REPORT is submitted (from the teacher to the
Soko Gakuen Records Office), NO CERTIFICATES can be issued.
ALL THE ENDEAVORS OF THE TEACHER WILL FAIL TO
INSURE SUCCESS
UNLESS YOU PREPAREWITH DILIGENCE AND CONSTANCY
THE EXERCISES TO BE GIVEN IN CLASS.
YOUR PROGRESS IS OUR MAIN CONCERN.