COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) ...........................
WINTER,
SPRING,
SUMMER, & FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section
....................................... BEGINNING
3 SM or WE
Instructor ....................................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time
............................... Saturday
9-12noon or Wednesday 6-9pm
COURSE OBJECTIVES
talk about what you want to do; talk about the 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 about means of transportation,
route, and time required to reach a destination; ask and answer
departure and arrival times; ask permission to do something;
grant and refuse permission; talk about onefs physical condition
and explain a symptom; give a reason and forbid someone from
doing something; when someone apologizes for something, tell him
or her not to worry; talk about someone is doing now; state
when an action is completed; talk about where one lives and
works; talk about someonefs hobby. Some essential
Kanji, Chinese characters, will be introduced.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required: Japanese For
Busy
People I Kana version
(Lessons 17-24) by Kodansha USA / AJALT. [also
available at
Kinokuniya
Bookstore, San Francisco Japan Center. 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.
3. Other online practices
http://www.ajalt.org/sfyj/
http://mykikitori.com/lesson1.html
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
printed
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 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. Introduction and orientation. Lesson 17
Week 2. Lesson 18
Week 3. Lesson 19
Week 4. Lesson 20
Week 5. Lesson 21
Week 6. Review
Week 7. Lesson 22
Week 8. Lesson 23
Week 9. Lesson 24
Week 10. FINAL EXAM
Week 11. Lesson 25 ................ 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 dictation 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 !