COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) .............. WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER,
&
FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section ........................ INTERMEDIATE
5 SA or ME
Instructor ................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time ................. Saturdays 1:00-4:00
p.m. or Mondays 6:00-9:00 p.m.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this
level, you should be able to: talk about the weather and
its effects, global warming, environmental problems; ask someone
to do something for you, express gratitude for a service, make excuses
(L7); explain circumstances, talk about things that trouble you
(L8); talk about education, ask for permission, talk about what
you wish your spouse or partner would do (L9); greet people,
introduce people; express gratitude, apologize (L10), honorifics.
Reproduce 80% or more KANJI
introduced
during the term.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required.
Japanese For Busy
People III
(Lessons 6-10,
Vol. 3:
textbook & workbook) by Kodansha International / AJALT.
[Available at Kinokuniya
Bookstore, San Francisco--Geary & Webster, Phone 415-567-7625
or oniine.] Continuation of INTERMEDIATE 3.
c) Online dictionaries.
http://jisho.org
http://www.rikai.com/perl/HomePage.pl?Language=Ja
d) Practice Japanese on the Web.
http://coelang.tufs.ac.jp/english/modules/en/dmod/index.html
http://www.ajalt.org/rwj
e) Practice Kanji online.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbYgZlPI3VyIIfuT6YNI-vg/videos
verb conjugation / grammar
http://www.webjapanese.com/wj/kanji-c
3. Audio files.
Visit https://www.kodanshausa.com
and locate Japanese for Busy People
III
and click on corresponding Audio Lessons.
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
(audio cassette tapes checked out regularly) 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 Lesson 6
Week 2. . . . . Lesson 6, KANJI QUIZ #1
Week 3. . . . . KANJI QUIZ #2, Lessons 7
Week 4. . . . . Lesson 7
Week 5. . . . . KANJI QUIZ ? Lesson 8
Week 6. . . . . Lesson 8
Week 7. . . . . KANJI QUIZ? Lesson 9
Week 8. . . . . Lessons 9
Week 9. . . . . KANJI QUIZ? Lesson 10
Week 10. . . . FINAL EXAM
Week 11. . . . Lesson 10
*Weekly assignments on specific dates will be available from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to listen to the audio cassette tapes, memorize
new words, read the grammar explanation in the textbook and to complete
all assignments before coming to class.
2. KANJI quizzes (KANJI from the textbooks) will be given 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.
7. The final exam's Kanji section must meet 80% minimum score to
register
for a higher class.
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 !
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