COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) .........................
WINTER,
SPRING, SUMMER,
&
FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section ...................................
JLPTn4&k
ME
Instructor ............................................ TBA
Meeting day & Time ........................... Mondays,
6:00
- 9:00 p.m.
(Prerequisite: JLPTn5&K or its equivalent)
COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
Continuation of Reading 1&k and
Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 4 by Bonjinsha.
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU Level
4).
Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken N 4.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1. Read and write (reproduce) approximately 370
essential
KANJI characters, the ON-KUN readings/pronunciation (in addition to the
previously learned characters Kanji 1) and use them appropriately in
sentences.
2. Fulfill survival skill need to read and write modern Japanese
(signs, memos, letters, and simple writing, etc.).
3. Guess the meaning when confronted with new Kanji characters
by studying the radicals.
4. Get to know the
real
NIHONGO NORYOKU SHIKEN's format, question types, and
scoring.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required:
a) Instructional materials prepared by instructor.
b) Kano, C. , Shimizu, Y., & Ishi, E. (1989). Basic
KANJI Book
(Lessons 19-32, Vols.1&2).
Tokyo, Japan: Bonjinsha.
c) Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 4. Tokyo, Japan: Bonjinsha.
2. Recommended:
a) Murata, M. (1991). KANJI:
Practical guide for beginners.
Tokyo: Babel Press.
b) ジャポニカ かんじのれんしゅう 小学3年、4年.
(n.d.).
Tokyo, Japan: Shouwa [Available at SF Kinokuniya].
c) Kanji practice on the Internet.
http://jisho.org
http://webjapanese.com/kanji/test03/suntack.cgi
http://webjapanese.com
http://www.nuthatch.com/kanjicards
d) Online dictionaries:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?9T
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1C
http://www.shurey.com/countdic/index.html
To find Kanji http://www.trussel.com/f_nih.htm,
http://www.rdt.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
To find Kanji using radicals
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1R
e) Heisig, J. W. (1977). Remembering
the KANJI I. Tokyo,
Japan: Japan Publications Trading.
f) Canon Wordtank. (1991). A portable Kanji computer [Available
at
Keidenshi,
electronics shop below the Kinokuniya Bookstore, San Francisco].
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).
a) For each class, the
student is expected to study Units 1, 2-1,
and 2 before the class, and Units 2-3 and 3 after the class.
Please
use separate notebooks instead of writing in the textbook.
b) To improve writing,
students are expected to write short essays
and sentences using those new Kanji introduced in the class as much as
possible. The instructor will collect and correct them.
c) There may be a short quiz
every week.
d) The Kanji redicals
(BUSHU) will also be covered in this class.
CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule (The following schedule may change.)
Week 1. Brief introduction and orientation. Lesson 19 (Vol.1)
Week 2. Lessons 20, 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #1
Week 3. Lesson 22 and Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #2
Week 4. Lessons 23, 24 (Vol.2) . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #3
Week 5. Lessons 25 and Review . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #4
Week 6. Lessons 26, 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #5
Week 7. Lesson 28 and Review . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #6
Week 8. Lessons 29, 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #7
Week 9. Lesson 31 and Review . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #8
Week 10. FINAL EXAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #9
Week 11. Review and Lesson 32
*Weekly assignments on specific dates will be
available
from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to complete all assignments before and after the
class. Memorize Kanji characters, write short essays and sentences in
Japanese
before coming to class.
2. From time to time, Kanji quizzes will be given (possibly as shown
in the calendar).
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 !
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