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JPN 202
Intermediate Japanese II
Language & Culture

 

M•T•W•R 10-10:50 am
MAK D-2-319

Jeremy Robinson
robinjer@gvsu.edu
Office: MAK D-2-136
Office Hours: M-W 11am-Noon

Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem
You live a new life for every new language you speak.

   

- Czech proverb

 

 

Student Learning Objectives

  After successful completion of JPN 202, students will be able to...
    ... analyze complex Japanese sentences, including identification of modifying clauses.
    ... differentiate between different registers of formality expressed through language context.
    ... apply learned grammar and vocabulary to create original statements in intermediate Japanese
    ... produce sustained communication on a variey of topics in intermediate Japanese in both oral and written form.
    ... translate intermediate level concepts from Japanese to English and English to Japanese.
    ... memorize Japanese vocabulary necessary to comprehend and produce sustained communication in intermediate Japanese.
    ... recognize cultural expectations embedded in language use in intermediate Japanese, including honorific language.
    ... write intermediate Japanese in coherent paragraphs using appropriate kana and 317 Chinese characters.
    ... infer social context and meaning suggested within intermediate Japanese communication, including recognition of hierarchical relationships as expressed through language.
    ... demonstrate cultural competence and strengthen critical thinking skills.

General Education Goals

Global
Perspectives

Explain how culture affects people's efforts to understand, use, and survive
in their environments, and how these efforts, in turn, affect culture.

Explain within a cultural context the worldviews, language, or ways of life of
societies, nations, regions, or peoples located outside of the United States.

Information
Literacy

Students will identify the need for information; access, evaluate, and
use information effectively, ethically, and legally.

  • Defines the scope of the research question or thesis with clarity and appropriate depth.

  • Accesses information by using effective, well-designed search strategies and the most relevant research tools.

  • Chooses a variety of quality sources appropriate to the scope and discipline of the research question, incorporating seminal works and essential theorists/thinkers by using multiple evaluative criteria.

  • Organizes and synthesizes information from sources to fully achieve the intended purpose, with clarity and depth.

  • Completely and accurately cites all information sources used by appropriately paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting.

Oral
Communication

Students will effectively prepare and deliver a formal oral presentation.

  • States a thesis that is compelling, precisely stated, appropriately repeated, and strongly linked to the supporting material.

  • Organizes the presentation in a clear, consistent, and cohesive manner.

  • Uses language that is imaginative, memorable, compelling, appropriate for the audience, and enhances the effectiveness of the presentation.

  • Uses delivery techniques that make the presentation compelling and the speaker appears polished and confident.

  • Uses a varietyof supporting materials that significantly enhances the presentation.

The textbook isavailable at the university bookstore (though you probably already have it from last semester):

 

Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II - textbook & workbook

The primary language of this class is Japanese. While online videos will explain new material in English, all synchronous sessions, classroom commands, instructions, etc. will be in Japanese and it is expected that when you have questions, you will ask them in Japanese. Even when speaking to your fellow classmates, try to use Japanese as much as possible and avoid the habit of clarifying in English what someone is saying in Japanese. In addition, avoid using dictionaries and the textbook glossary during synchronous sessions. If you forget how to say a word, ask your partner in Japanese how to say it. If neither of you know, then ask the instructor in Japanese. Class time is extremely limited, and thus extremely valuable, and you should spend as much of it as possible actively using the language.

Grades will be evaluated as follows:    
 

In-class Participation
Homework
Quizzes
Chapter Tests
Realia Assignments
Research Project/Presentation

4 x 3% = 12%
4 x 3% = 12%
4 x 3% = 12%
4 x 3% = 12%
12 x 1% = 12%
40%

 

Last semester we completed Genki II lessons 13-18 and this year we pick up where we left off, beginning with Lesson 19 and covering the remaining chapters. However, we will be dividing the chapters up differently, covering lessons 19-20 together, then 21, 22, and 23. At this pace we should finish the textbook just after spring break. As with JPN 201, each lesson will consist of in-class participation, homework, quiz, and exam grades, each of which is worth 3% of your total grade. Unlike last semester, there will be no kanji, wrting, speaking, or web assignments. Instead, each week we don't have an exam we will instead have a realia assignment.

The remainder of the class will be spent pursuing one or more group projects, focused on project-based learning. This project will be entirely student-driven, and we will discuss the sructure of this project and our approach to it later in the semester.

The course schedule on Blackboard is the most accurate picture of our day-to-day assignments, and you should refer to it frequently.

 

Course Schedule

• click on any section to go to the assignments for that week •

Week One • Review and 敬語

1月8日〜11日

Weeks Two ~ Four • 第十九課〜二十課

1月16日〜2月2日


Weeks Five & Six • 第二十一課

2月5日〜16日


Weeks Seven & Eight • 第二十二課

2月19日〜3月1日


春休み:3月4日〜10日

Weeks Nine & Ten • 第二十三

3月11日〜22日

Weeks Eleven ~ Fourteen

3月25日〜4月18日

Research Project