JAPANESE: JA200

Youzou OKAZAKI(Center for International Education and Exchange)

Course Objective
   The objectives of JA200 are:

1. to expand ability for daily communication in both spoken and written Japanese
2. to become familiar with language structures both of spoken and written Japanese
3. to be able to orally deliver factual information/knowledge and express simple opinions
4. to gain some functional ability in comprehending and writing texts constructed with learned language structures, using hiragana, katakana and approximately 250 and more kanjis
5. to develop strategic skills for getting information about the Japanese language and promoting language acquisition through communication with native Japanese speakers

Requirement / Prerequisite
   JA100 (lower elementary Japanese) or the equivalent

Course Content
   Things that students will be able to do in Japanese at the end of the course are:

• Describing different aspects of one's life
• Talking about one's hobby or favorite way of spending private time
• Talking about one's future
• Talking about one's abilities or special talents
• Talking about gift giving/receiving experience
• Talking about experiences in which one is helped or assisted by other persons
• Reporting what one heard from someone else
• Reporting what appears to be/to do
• Talking about experiences in which one helped or assisted other persons
• Talking about experiences in which one is praised or scolded by other persons
• Talking about experiences in which one was asked to do something
• Describing a story in which someone urges someone else to do something
• Describing a story in which one is urged to do something
• Talking about miserable experiences
• Describing geographic, cultural, linguistic situations of a country

Textbooks

1. "A New Approach to Elementary Japanese Vol. 2" (Center for International Education and Exchange).
2. Grammar Reference Book: "Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar" (ALC)

Lecture Guideline and Attendance Policy
   One lecture and two sessions (90 minutes each) will be given in a week for 15 weeks. Regular attendance to all classes is required. Being absent for one third or more of the classes will be considered as withdrawal from the course.

Grading Policy

• Class attendance, participation and performance 40%
• Quiz, assignment, essay and presentation 20%
• Final written Exam. 20%
• Final oral exam. 20%