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GREEN SHEET / COURSE SYLLABUS
Semester: SPRING 2012
Class, section & number: ELEMENTARY
JAPANESE (JPN 001B-02) 27373
Units/ Contact hours: 5/ 75 hours
Instructor: Dr.
Shimazu, Department
of World Languages & Literatures, SJSU
Days & Time Taught (Room): MTWR, 1:30-2:35p (SH 241)
Office hours: TWR,
10:30-11:45a and by
appointment.
Office: Clark Bldg 410P, phone 408-924-4625
Email: ymshimazu@gmail.com
Website: http://sjsu.edu/faculty/y.shimazu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Continuation of Japanese 001A. The primary focus of this course
is on
the further development of listening and speaking skills through
situational, functional, and communicative lessons. Writing and
reading skills will be enhanced through homework assignments and
quizzes.
TEXTBOOKS / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
1. REQUIRED
a) Banno, E., et al. (2011). An integrated
course in elementary Japanese GENKI, Vol. 1 (L.7 - L.12, textbook, workbook,
and CD).
Tokyo,
Japan:
The Japan Times.
2. RECOMMENDED
a) The CD audio
tapes, also available at CL208,
the Carmen Sigler Media Center.
b) Find information on Japan, http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html,
http://www.stonebridge.com
(books, dictionaries), http://www.japan-guide.com,
etc.
c) International Internship Programs. (1997). Japan at a glance.
Tokyo: Kodansha International. [Available at SJ Kinokuniya
Bookstore--Phone
408-252-1300.]
d) Mizutani, O., & Mizutani, N. (1977 &
1979).
nihongo
notes (Vols. 1 & 2).
e) Makino, S., & Tsutsui, M. (1986). A
Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Tokyo, Japan: The
Japan
Times.
f) Kuno, S. (1973). The
structure of the Japanese language.
MA: The MIT Press. [PL 533 K78].
REQUIREMENTS
1. TAKE QUIZZES, DO BOTH IN-CLASS AND HOMEWORK
*ASSIGNMENTS (online).
2. ATTEND CLASS regularly.
Attendance
rate 80% or higher required. Excessive absences (missing more
than
20% of class time) may be cause for repetition of the course.
3. TAKE quizzes and 1 final exam.
*Assignment due dates are subject to change with fair notice.
GRADING
1.
Quizzes....(if 6 quizzes are given, lowest score will be
deleted)..........50%
2. Final exam (Tuesday, 5/22/2012,
12:15-2:30pm)..............................30%
3. Participation &
Homework.................................................................
20%
4. Extra work such as reading newspaper or magazine articles
that are related to Japan (business, language, culture, etc.) and
reviewing
those articles, or attending
lectures.....................extra
credit
5. Actively participate in the SJSU
Japan Club activities.
GRADING
SCALE ► A 95-100% A-
90-94% B+ 85-89% B 80-84% B- 75-79% C+
70-74% C 65-69%
C- 60-64% D+ 55-59% D
50-54% D- 45-49% F Below 45%
l. The instructor will create a relaxed, low-anxiety
atmosphere
through which you can acquire the course objectives.
2. The instructor will use an eclectic teaching method
to help
you develop basic linguistic and communicative competence by
understanding
"speaking rules," and the "relation between linguistic form and
function."
3. In class, student and teacher (and student and student)
will engage in interactive language activities, a variety of exercises,
using Japanese as much as possible.
4. In order to acquire integrative language skills and
to improve your penmanship in Japanese, the instructor may use a lot of
writing exercises, dictation, etc. in class.
PROCEDURES
1. One textbook lesson should be covered in 8-10 class
sessions
with supplementary material, with a quiz at the end. You are
expected
to memorize the vocabulary, read the grammar notes, and
listen to the audio
tapes (CDs) for each lesson
before
coming to class. Writing
exercises
shall be done in 8.5 x 7 inch Examination Blue Books.
2.
Students
will reinforce and develop vocabulary, structure, listening
and
speaking skills through
weekly assignments (online). You are expected to do the
online supplementary material (interactive
language activities--including audio tapes) at home.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon
completion of this course, the students should be able to develop
four Japanese language skills (listening,
speaking, reading, and writing) in three modes of communication
(interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational). Also they
should be able to
speak, read, and write in Japanese about their daily life by using
complex polite-forms, the te-forms,
plain (short) forms, comparison, experience, and recommendation
forms. 145 kanji characters will
be covered (58 kanji characters were already introduced in the first
half of the textbook).
NOTES
Regular class attendance and participation are essential for language
learning.
Please be on time for class. It is most important that you
come to class regularly and participate in all class activities. The
quizzes, the midterm exam, and the final exam will test comprehension
of
material in the textbook covered in the class sessions, class handouts,
and lectures.
If you miss a quiz, you will receive a zero (0) for the quiz.
If
you miss a class, it is your responsibility to
find
out what was covered during the class. You are responsible for all
material
presented during the course.
No foods, no chewing gum, no cell phones, no textmessaging,
no iPod, no iPad (exception aural exercise), no iPhone, and no
Amime/manga in the
classroom.
POLICY ON FINAL EXAM
SJSU Policy requires that all courses hold a final examination (or
final project) during the final examination period. There are no
exceptions
to this without the approval of both the Chair of the Department and
the
Dean of the College. Exceptions are rarely granted except in the most
extreme
circumstances.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Students are not permitted to use tests and quizzes from previous
semsesters when preparing
for exams. Violations to the Academic Integrity Policy undermine the
educational
process and will not be tolerated. Violators of the Academic
Integrity Policy will be subject to failing
this
course and being reported to the Office of Judicial Affairs for
disciplinary
action which could result in suspension or expulsion from San Jose
State
University (see http://www2.sjsu.edu/senate/S05-14.htm).
ADA
If you
need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or
if you
need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated,
please make
an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office
hours.
Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities
requesting accommodations must register with DRC to establish a record
of their
disability.
Individuals who need extra help, feel free to see me. Questions are
always welcome! Your progress is my main concern! がんばって
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