COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) ................ SUMMER
& FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section ............................. JLPTn2
Prep.
Course SA
Instructor ........................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time ..................... Saturday 1:00-4:00
p.m.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU).
Acquire vocabulary, advanced grammar, and idioms to increase
comprehension.
Improve Kanji reading and writing skills. Get to know the
real
NIHONGO NORYOKU SHIKEN's format, question types, and
scoring. Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken. Gain experience and confidence with practice
tests,
exercises, and essays.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
1. Required text: スリーAネットワーク
(1997).『完全マスター2級日本語能力試験文法問題対策』(ISBN4-88319-088-9
C0081)
2. Materials prepared by the instructor.
3. a) Read Japanese newspapers. http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/y.shimazu/newspapers.html
b) Online
resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyHLTA6Mts&list=PLINFE8v4DOhuXZut4JWHo_KS71nTHE_I1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ImPrEsPuI
http://www.manythings.org/japanese/jlpt
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/weeklytest/intro.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 & PROCEDURES
1. In this course, an eclectic teaching method is used.
2. In class, student and teacher, and student and student, will engage
in interactive language activities, dialogs and a variety of exercises,
speaking Japanese as much as possible.
3. Students will reinforce and develop vocabulary, structure, listening
and conversational skills through weekly assignments.
*Weekly assignments on specific dates may be
available
from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to complete all assignments before coming to class.
2. Please be on time for class; otherwise, you interrupt the lesson
for others. Regular class attendance and participation are essential
for
language learning.
3. 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.
4. When you obtain a score of 80% or higher on the final exam, you
move up to a higher level class or remain in this class. Soko Gakuen's
exit criteria for each class/level are based on the 1987
ACTFL Japanese Language Proficiency Guidelines.
POLICY ON THE FINAL EXAML
If you 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
instructor to the Soko Gakuen Office), NO CERTIFICATES shall 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.
GAMBARI MASHO!