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GREEN SHEET / COURSE SYLLABUS
Semester: SPRING 2013
Class, section & code: ELEMENTARY
JAPANESE (JPN 001A-02) 28301
Units/ Contact hours: 5/ 75 hours
Instructor: Dr.
Shimazu, Department
of World Languages & Literatures, SJSU
Days & Time Taught (Room): MTWR, 1:30-2:35 p.m. (SH 241)
Office hours: TWR,
10:30-11:45 a.m. and by
appointment.
Office: Clark Bldg 410P, phone 408-924-4625
Email: ymshimazu@gmail.com
Website: http://sjsu.edu/faculty/y.shimazu
TEXTBOOKS / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
1. REQUIRED
a) Banno, E., et al. (2011). An integrated
course in elementary Japanese GENKI, Workbook, and CD
(LL.1-6, Vol.1). Tokyo,
Japan:
The Japan Times.
b) Shimazu, Y. M. (2007). Handy
Katakana workbook (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom.
2. RECOMMENDED
a) Brown, H. D. (1989). A
practical guide to language
learning.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
b) The audio
CD, also available at CL208,
the Carmen Sigler Media Center.
c) Practice Japanese on the Internet:
http://www2.g-tak.gsn.ed.jp/es/01/kokugo/gengo/hituzyun/movie-frame.swf
d) Find information on Japan, http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html,
http://www.stonebridge.com
(books, dictionaries)
e) International Internship Programs. (1997). Japan at a glance.
Tokyo: Kodansha International. [Available at SJ Kinokuniya
Bookstore--Phone
408-252-1300.]
f) Mizutani, O., & Mizutani, N. (1977 & 1979).
nihongo
notes (Vols. 1 & 2).
g) Makino, S., & Tsutsui, M. (1986). A
Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Tokyo, Japan: The
Japan
Times.
h) Kuno, S. (1973). The
structure of the Japanese language.
MA: The MIT Press. [PL 533 K78].
i) DeMente, B. (1997). The Japanese have a
word for it. Passport Books/Lincolnwood,
IL: NT
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 may be
deleted)............50%
2. Final exam (Wednesday,
5/15/2013, 12:15-14:30)............................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
learning environment
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, students and teacher (and student and
student)
will engage in interactive language activities, a variety of exercises,
using Japanese as much as possible. The instructor, however, will use
some
mechanical and meaningful drills, when necessary, to develop your
kinetic
memory for training of the perceptual motor skills.
4. In order to acquire integrative language skills and
to improve your penmanship in Japanese the instructor may use 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. The first several weeks will be spent in
learning
Hiragana and Katakana along with the textbook lessons. 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
The student should, at the end of the semester, be able to:
develop four Japanese language skills (listening, speaking, reading,
and
writing) in three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretive,
and presentational).
Listening/Aural Comprehension & Oral Production
A. respond to teacher's and classmates' simple questions;
B. respond to simple requests and commands;
C. give short answers to yes/no and information questions;
D. repeat, at least, a 6-word sentence after a model;
E. ask simple questions;
F. ask information questions with a complete sentence;
G. relate Hiragana and Katakana characters to sounds;
Reading/Recoding
H. read everything that he or she produces;
Writing
I. form correctly all the characters and combinations of
characters
in Hiragana and Katakana;
J. recognize approx. 50 Kanji
(Chinese characters) introduced during
the semester;
K. punctuate a sentence correctly; that is, the sentence-end mark or
a small circle (the equivalent of a period in English), and use comma
where
appropriate in the sentence structures presented;
L. write dictation based on oral work and reading materials;
M. relate sounds to phonological spelling in Hiragana and Katakana, and
write them correctly;
Special Skills
N. read a calendar;
use standard polite expressions, including greetings, leave-takings,
and introductions (L1);
O. ask about, read, and tell prices for food, clothing, postage, and
other
necessities;
order food in a restaurant (L2);
P. provide basic information about self and family members
verbally
and in simple writing (name, age, address, telephone number, etc.);
Q.
talk about daily activities and customs; extend invitations;
accept and refuse invitations (L3);
R. ask and tell time;
ask and answer where things are; talk about things and habitual events
that happened in the past (L4);
S. make offers and invitations (L5), make requests, ask for and
give permission, offer help, give reasons for doing something (L6);
Vocabulary
T. master 450 essential vocabulary words introduced in the course.
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 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 old tests, quizzes 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 be 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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