Student Learning Objectives |
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After successful completion of JPN 202, students will be able to...
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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.
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General Education Goals
Global
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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.
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Information
Literacy |
Students will identify the need for information; access, evaluate, and use information effectively, ethically, and legally.
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Defines the scope of the research question or thesis with clarity and appropriate depth.
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Accesses information by using effective, well-designed search strategies and the most relevant research tools.
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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.
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Organizes and synthesizes information from sources to fully achieve the intended purpose, with clarity and depth.
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Completely and accurately cites all information sources used by appropriately paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting.
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Oral
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Students will effectively prepare and deliver a formal oral presentation.
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States a thesis that is compelling, precisely stated, appropriately repeated, and strongly linked to the supporting material.
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Organizes the presentation in a clear, consistent, and cohesive manner.
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Uses language that is imaginative, memorable, compelling, appropriate for the audience, and enhances the effectiveness of the presentation.
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Uses delivery techniques that make the presentation compelling and the speaker appears polished and confident.
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Uses a varietyof supporting materials that significantly enhances the presentation.
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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.
In JPN 101-102-201 we progressed steadily from beginning Japanese to the intermediate level, building a foundation of grammar, vocabulary, and kanji to be able to function at the intermediate low level. JPN 202 is a bit different, as it marks the entry point to the Japanese minor. Some of what we learn will be new to you, including some of the grammar patterns from the second half of the Genki II textbook, and some of it will be review, learning to use previously learned grammar in new contexts and increased variation. But all of it is aimed at not just learning more Japanese but learning to use it better, able to use language more fluently, becoming more comfortable with material to which you have not been previously exposed, and building the tools for self-study that will last beyond this class.|
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While we occasionally make use of other resources, including the Genki II textbook used for last semester's JPN 201 class, there is only one required textbook for the class, available at the university bookstore: |
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会話のにほんご • Japanese through Dialogues for Intermediate Learners |
The class will follow the textbook to a certain extent, focusing on a chapter or set of chapters each week in order to explore a set of conceptually related patterns. In addition, we will have regular listening and reading assignments intended to develop your skills interpreting natural Japanese in both spoken and written form. Every few weeks there will be a test over the material that was covered during that section. Each section will make up one-fifth of the grade for the course
The remainder of the grade consists of a group research project that will take place over the course of the entire semester. This project will conform to the ideals of Project-Based Learning, student-centered but external facing. In other words, its focus will be determined by the students themselves, but the product will be targeted at a larger audience beyond the classroom.
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Four sections
- Attendance
- Homework
- Listening
- Reading
- Section Test
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4 x 20%
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= 80%
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Group Research Project
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= 20%
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The course schedule on Blackboard is the most accurate picture of our day-to-day assignments, and you should refer to it frequently.
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