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Japanese Courses
1062 Intensive Japanese 2 Syllabus
This is an intensive Japanese language course which covers material taught during the regular two terms of Second Year Japanese. The course is designed to further develop the students' ability in speaking and reading/writing in a number of practical daily situations.
INSTRUCTOR: Sachiko TAKABATAKE Howard ACT teachers:
e-mail: showard@pitt.edu KANISAWA, Noriko
Office: CL 1530 (412) 624-5126 MAJIMA, Satsuki
Office hours: By appointment OSHIMO, Junzo
I. MATERIALS
1. CDs and Audiotapes for Japanese: The Spoken Language (part 2)*
Also CDs or tapes for JSL part 1 for reviewing
*Purchase your copies at the Language Media Center (G17 CL)
You can also access this material on the web.
Use the URL: http://telr.osu.edu/languagelab/
(Once you are in this site, click on 'Japanese for non OSU students', then 'JPN09')
2. Textbooks: Eleanor H. Jorden with Mari Noda
Japanese: The Spoken Language (part 2)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987
Also JSL part 1 for reviewing
3. Textbooks for reading/writing:
Eleanor H. Jorden and Mari Noda
Japanese: The Written Language Field Test Edition Part 2 Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company
Also JWL part 1 for reviewing
(Audio available in the course web site--see below)
4. Courseweb: Weekly schedule and important notices will be posted at the courseweb. (courseweb.pitt.edu) Please note you need to use your PITT ACCOUNT to access courseweb. Email communications are done using your pitt account, too, so if you use a non-pitt email account, please set your pitt account to forward all the messages to your primary email account.
II. GOALS AND PROCEDURE
This course will stress AN ACTIVE COMMAND OF JAPANESE, not passive knowledge. The aim is TO ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO USE JAPANESE IN A CULTURALLY COHERENT WAY, that is, speaking, writing and responding to speech and writing in ways in which natives of Japanese culture expect people to speak, write and respond. The natives we have in mind are people who are unaccustomed to communicating with foreigners. Given a particular situation (time, place, occasion, social relation), natives of any culture will have certain expectations about other people's language: expectations about what sorts of things might be said or written, which words one might choose in doing so, how one might pronounce, write, and structure those words in grammar, and how all of these fit with how one relates socially and in physical space (posture, etc.) to others. When language is performed in ways that fit such expectations, it is culturally coherent. You can repair (restate, correct) what you've said in culturally coherent ways, too.
Just memorizing the rules is not enough to master a second language. Since the facts are just the beginning, this course does not stop with them. Rather, it is designed to nurture the language-learning skills needed to transform factual knowledge into actual knowledge (performance). Toward that end, there will be two types of class: ACT CLASSES and FACT CLASSES.
ACT CLASS is conducted ENTIRELY IN JAPANESE. ACT classes concentrate on activities that require you to PERFORM IN JAPANESE. This is your opportunity to develop a capacity to express yourself in a culturally coherent manner, and to understand the intentions of native Japanese speakers, as they express them. Therefore your preparation prior to coming to each ACT class is crucial. Speaking English in ACT class will affect your performance grade negatively. Also it is RUDE to other students who try to use Japanese. You will be required to perform CCs, Drills, Application Exercises and Utilization in each ACT class, according to schedules. Always think how you can expand the assigned CCs to fit various situations. In this course you are expected to conduct more sophisticated conversations and take more initiative.
Food and drink are not to be brought to class since it is considered very rude to your teacher in Japanese society. YOU SHOULD NOT OPEN THE TEXTBOOK OR TAKE NOTES DURING ACT CLASSES since you miss the greatest opportunity to expose your ears to Japanese.
FACT CLASS is your opportunity to ask questions, in English or in Japanese, about things you may not have thoroughly understood from studying the textbook prior to coming to class. The instructor will present lectures with input from student questions. Therefore, if you do not bring questions, the instructor will assume you have understood everything in the section. You will have a CHECK-UP QUIZ at the end of each section in the textbook.
III. WHAT TO DO EACH DAY
1. WHAT TO DO FOR ACT CLASSES
1) Read Miscellaneous Notes (MN) for the assigned CCs and understand the context of the CCs.
2) Work with a tape/CD and CONQUER the CCs. (See "HOW TO STUDY WITH CD-ROM OR TAPES").
3) CONQUER the assigned Drills. (See " See "HOW TO STUDY WITH CD-ROM OR TAPES ").
4) Read the instructions for Application Exercises and try to initiate the exchange in the given situation.
5) For Utilization exercises, use the CD and figure out what you are supposed to say in the given situation, and EXPAND IT INTO A DIALOGUE.
2. WHAT TO DO FOR FACT CLASSES
1) Read Structural Patterns (SP) carefully.
2) Go to the Check-Up at the end of the lesson and test your understanding of the text.
3) Go over the Breakdowns (Supplementary Vocabulary) in the assigned section, and MEMORIZE them all by practicing the Drills (additional vocabulary is used in Drills).
4) Write down specific questions that you want to ask the instructor.
3. SOME ADVICE
Think in terms of Japanese. Do not translate Japanese into English or vice versa. You know by now that translation doesn't quite work!!
Study correctly and study everyday. Language is a set of skills that you have to accumulate and internalize day by day. Cramming the night before a test never works in this class.
Do understand that study hours for Japanese are different depending on each student. You may have to spend more hours to conquer the same amount of drills. What you need to do is to ACHIEVE a certain level, regardless of the number of hours you have to spend.
IV. GRADING will be base on the following
DAILY CLASS PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE -40 %
ORAL EXAMS----------------------------------------------25
QUIZZES (Check-Up, Reading/Writing, etc.)-----------20
HOMEWORK (Eavesdropping, Reading/Writing, etc.)--15
1. Your performance of the activities assigned each act class (CCs, Drills, AEs, UTL) will be graded on a four-point scale, as follows:
4: Performance is fully culturally coherent, that is, would present no difficulty, discomfort, or puzzlement in interaction with a native; Able to use CC(s) fluently without any mistakes and without any flaws in pronunciation; can utilize already learned materials freely; Repair (restating or correcting yourself, requesting clarification, etc.) is self-managed.
3.5: Performance is superior, for the most part culturally coherent. There is little about it to create difficulties, discomfort, or puzzlement in interaction with a native. However, there is some aspect of the performance to make interaction less than maximally coherent for a native. Able to utilize already learned materials well. Most repairs are self-managed.
3: Preparation is evident but has difficulties in performance; achieves tasks with some corrections and guidance from instructor, makes mistakes when dealing with already learned materials
2: Performance showed insufficient preparation; Performance creates definite obstacles to communication, which usually involve more than simple discomfort. Repair requires multiple, often repeated, correction and guidance from another.
1: Attended class, but could not demonstrate any appreciable degree of preparation.
0: Absent
*Arriving late to class and leaving early may be penalized by subtracting 0.5 for each offense depending on severity.
*The department requires a final grade of C- or better to continue to Third Year Japanese.
ABSENCES: Those who have been absent have to submit verification in order to eliminate the 0s caused by the absences. Absences will not be considered as valid UNLESS THE INSTRUCTOR HAS A VERIFICATION DOCUMENT OR A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT IN HER HAND. There will be no make-up for the grades, but you are recommended to go over what you missed with your instructor.
At the end of the semester, your 15 lowest daily grades will be disregarded in calculating your final grade.
2. You will have mini quizzes (Check-up Quiz, Reading/Writing Quiz, etc.) and homework (Eavesdropping, Reading/Writing, etc.) as shown on schedule. There will be no make-up for missed quizzes and tests, except in genuine cases of medical or personal emergencies. Make-ups will be allowed only at the instructor’s discretion. Any work turned in late may or may not be credited to you, a decision that is left to the discretion of the instructor.
3. WHEN TURNING IN HOMEWORK, please observe the following.
(a) Use lined paper
(b) Write the name of the assignment at the top of the first page
(c) Write in every other line
(d) Write only on one side of paper
(e) Staple together the pages at the top left corner
(f) Keep different assignments separate, and
(g) Write NEATLY –-when you write Japanese, please use a PENCIL and hand write.
Any homework, which does not follow these guidelines, will not be credited for grade.
SPECIAL NOTICES:
• A student found cheating on a test will receive a zero for that test.
• According to Departmental policy, a final grade of C– or higher is required in order to be eligible to register for the next course in the sequence of the Japanese Language Program.
• If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Office of Disability Resources and Services, 216 William Pitt Union, (412) 648-7890/(412) 383-7355 (TTY), as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.
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