COURSE SYLLABUS
Term (Contact hours) .............. WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER,
&
FALL (33 hours each)
Class & Section ..............................
JLPTn5&k
ME
Instructor .......................................... TBA
Meeting day & Time ........................... Mondays,
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
(Prerequisite: 150 contact hours of Japanese or its eqivalent)
COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
Read high interest selections such as short stories, essays, and
articles, plus exercise Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 5 by Bonjinsha.
Students develop Japanese language proficiency (NIHONGO NORYOKU Level
5).
Practice and learn key test-taking strategies for the Nihongo
Noryoku
Shiken N 5.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able
to:
1. Read and write (reproduce) 200 essential KANJI characters
for educational purposes (of the 1,000 KYOIKU KANJI), and use them
appropriately.
2. Guess the meaning when confronted with new KANJI characters
by studying the radicals that all Kanji are composed of.
3. Fulfill urgent needs to read and write modern Japanese
(signs,
memos, personal letters, and simple writing).
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 1-18, Vol.1). Tokyo, Japan:
Bonjinsha.
c) Nihongo
Noryoku Shiken Level 5. Tokyo, Japan:
Bonjinsha.
2. Recommended:
a) Murata, M. (1991). KANJI: Practical
guide for beginners.
Tokyo: Babel Press.
b) Heisig, J. W. (1977). Remembering
the KANJI I. Tokyo,
Japan: Japan Publications Trading.
c) Spahm, M., & Hadmitzky, W. (19??). Japanese Character
Dictionary.
d) ジャポニカ かんじのれんしゅう 小学1年上、2年上.下 .
(n.d.). Tokyo, Japan: Shouwa.
e) Practice Kanji on the Internet.
http://jisho.org
http://webjapanese.com/kanji/test01/suntack.cgi
http://webjapanese.com
http://www.nuthatch.com/kanjicards
f) Online dictionaries:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html
g) A KANJI dictionary (whichever you feel most comfortable
with--GAKKEN,
KENKYUSHA, OBUNSHA, etc.)
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 student is expected to study Unit 1 before the class,
and Unit 2-2 and Unit 2-3 after the class. Please use a separate
notebook
instead of writing in the textbook.
2. To improve writing, students are expected to write short
essays and sentences using Kanji as much as possible. The instructor
will
collect and correct them.
3. There will be a short quiz every week.
4. The instructor will follow the CALENDAR /Weekly Schedule
(below).
CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule (The following schedule may change.)
Week 1. Introduction and Lessons 1, 2, 3
Week 2. Lessons 4, 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #1
Week 3. Lessons 6, 7, 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #2
Week 4. Lessons 9, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #3
Week 5. Lessons 11, 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #4
Week 6. Lessons 13, 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #5
Week 7. Lesson 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #6
Week 8. Lessons 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #7
Week 9. Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kanji Quiz #8
Week 10. FINAL EXAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kanji Quiz #9
Week 11. Lesson 18 & Review まとめ
*Weekly assignments on specific dates will be
available
from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected 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.
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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