Japanese 111
Fall 2004
MWRF 10:30-11:20
Knapp 407
Michael Tangeman
(tangemanm@denison.edu)
Fellows 303A
X6423
Learning Materials
Japanese: the Spoken Language Part I (Jorden/Noda)
Japanese: the Written Language Field Test Edition (Jorden/Noda)
Japanese: the Spoken Language CD-ROM (Noda) OPTIONAL
Class Structure
There are two types of classes in this course: Act classes and Fact classes. Act classes are conducted entirely in Japanese. Students will be asked to perform in Japanese in situations that provide a context for the target language material prepared for that day. Fact classes are conducted in English and Japanese. Fact classes provide students the opportunity to ask questions and clarify problematic material.
Preparing for Class
Act Classes:
Practice the assigned material until you are able to engage in communicative activities (oral or written) comfortably and smoothly.
- STUDY THE MODEL: To develop an image of what language, posture and gesture you should imitate, you need to hear and, whenever possible, see a model. For spoken language, your models are the dialogues (Core Conversations [CCs]) and the drills on the CD-ROM and in the text. DAILY STUDY IS REQUIRED. DO NOT RELY ON THE PRINTED WORD TO FACILITATE YOUR LISTENTING COMPREHENSION. In studying the written language, you should practice recognizing words in the texts in which they are modeled.
- REHEARSE WITH THE MODELS: For CCs, practice saying aloud each line of the assigned dialog until you can do so with a speed and rhythm that matches the voice on the CD-ROM. If a line of dialog is too long at first, break it down from the back into manageable phrases. For drills, practice responding in the designated pattern until you can respond accurately to each cue in the time provided, with a speed and rhythm that match the model. Visualize yourself speaking each line in a particular setting, with a particular purpose in mind. For the written language, use the reading and writing drills to develop the ability to read and write fluidly with comprehension. REPETITION IS ESSENTIAL FOR MASTERY.
REPETITION IS ESSENTIAL FOR MASTERY
REPETITION IS ESSENTIAL FOR MASTERY!
Fact: Classes
Before class thoroughly read the Miscellaneous Notes (MN) and Structural Patterns (SP) for the material to be covered in the lesson. Prepare to ask questions on problematic material.
Course Assessment
Daily performance in Act classes is 60% of your grade. Your performance in Act classes will be assessed on a 4.0 scale. (See criteria on page 3 below.) Undocumented (or insufficiently documented) absences will earn a score of "0" for that day. There are no makeups for missed classes. COMING TO CLASS LATE IS BETTER THAN NOT COMING AT ALL. You are responsible for the material covered in any class you miss. At the end of the semester, I will drop each student's three lowest Act scores before tabulating final grades.
Quiz and homework performance comprises 20% of your grade. You may make up one (1) Fact quiz per semester. If you miss a Fact quiz, the grade for the next Fact quiz you take will be counted twice. All other missed quizzes which occur in Act classes for which you do not have a documented excuse are counted as "0".
The final exam is 20% of your final grade. It will be comprehensive. The Listening Comprehension, Structure (Fact), and Reading/Writing portions of the exam will be taken during the first hour of the scheduled exam period. The oral portion of the exam will consist of a brief (4 minute) "mini-Act" performed during the second hour of the exam period. More will be said about the exam later.
Blackboard
A copy of the syllabus is posted at Denison's Blackboard site: (http://courses.denison.edu). Log in with your email address and password. Use Blackboard to post questions about usage, grammar, cultural issues, etc.
ACT Class Assessment Scale
4 Performance is fully culturally coherent, that is, would present no difficulty, discomfort or puzzlement in interaction with a native speaker of Japanese. Repair is self-managed.
- Performance is superior, for the most part culturally coherent. There is little about it to create difficulties, discomfort or puzzlement in interactions with natives. However, there is some aspect of the performance that makes interaction less than maximally coherent for a native. Most repair is self-managed.
3 Performance is good: few aspects of it create difficulties, discomfort or puzzlement in a native. Self-managed repair alone, is not sufficient; there is also occasional correction by another required.
- Performance enables communication, but also presents several clear sources of difficulty, discomfort or puzzlement in communication with a native. Repair is regularly required; and correction comes mostly from others.
2 Performance creates definite obstacles to communication, which usually involves more than simple discomfort. Utterances would cause puzzlement in a native that the native would be at a loss to resolve. Correction requires repeated prompting and/or modeling by others.
- Performance shows many problems that would create difficulties in communicating with a native. Communication is achieved only with repeated correction and guidance from another. The student is clearly not in control of the assigned material.
1 Attended class, but either chose not to participate (for this option, notify me before class begins), or failed to perform with any culturally viable degree of competency.
0 Absent.
Class Schedule
WEEK 1
8/30 (M) Sample Act Class: Introduction
8/31 (T) Fact (Fellows 201): Read "How to Use This Book" in Japanese, the Spoken Language (hereafter, JSL) (p. xvii-xix)
Introduction to JSL CD-ROM
9/1 (W) Act 1:
Classroom Instructions (hereafter, CI) 1-12
- Listen and respond to the instructions with appropriate gestures or speech.
- You do not need to be able to produce (i.e. speak) these phrases.
- Use the CD-ROM to train your ears to recognize these phrases.
Greetings and Useful Phrases (hereafter, GUP) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Practice the phrases by repeating them until you can perform each smoothly. Use the CD-ROM to begin to train your ears to recognize Japanese. DO NOT RELY ON THE ROMANIZED VERSIONS OF THE PHRASES IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS TO LEARN PRONUNCIATION. USE YOUR EARS TO ACQUIRE JAPANESE.
- For every GUP, carefully read Setting and Notes on the CD-ROM or the corresponding Miscellaneous Notes in the textbook. In class, you will be expected to perform each of these when provided a culturally appropriate context.
9/3 (F) Act 2: GUP: 18, 19; 14, 15, 20, 6
Review: CI 1-12 and GUP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
WEEK 2
9/6 (M) DAILY GRADING BEGINS TODAY
Act 3: GUP: 7, 8, 9; 10, 11
Review: All previously introduced GUP and CI
9/7 (T) Act 4: GUP 12, 13; 16, 17
Review: All previously introduced GUP and CI
9/8 (W) Act 5: JSL 1A
Core Conversation (CC) 1-5
Structural Pattern (SP) 1, 2, 4
Review: All GUP
9/10 (F) Fact: Introduction and JSL 1A
Fellows 321/322
WEEK 3
9/13 (M) Act 6: JSL 1A
CC 6-9 (SP 1, 2, 4)
Application Exercise (ApEx) A1, A3, B
Drills A, F, B, C, D, E
9/14 (T) Act 7: JSL 1A
CC10
ApEx A2, A4, A5, B
Drills: F, G, I, J, H
Review: All CCs in JSL 1A
9/15 (W) Act 8: JSL 1A/1B
JSL 1B: CC1, 2, 3, 4
SP 1
Review:1A CC 6, 7, 8, 10
JSL 1A ApEx A1, A3, A5
9/17 (F) Fact: JSL 1A
WEEK 4
9/20 (M) Act 9: JSL 1A/1B; JWL 1 (Japanese the Written Language)
1B CC 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
SP 1, 2, 3
Drills: A, B
Review: 1A ApEx A4 (Focus on negative questions)
JWL: katakana 1-12 (reading only)
NOTE: Read pp. 1-6 carefully. For each new symbol, read the relevant explanations and related conversion rules CAREFULLY.
9/21 (T) Act 10: JSL 1A/1B; JWL 1
1B CC 10, 11, 12
SP 2
1B ApEx A1
Drills: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J
JWL: katakana 1-12 (reading)
9/22 (W) Act 11:JSL 1B/1C
1B ApEx A2
Drills: H, I, J, K
1C EAVESDROPPING QUIZ
9/24 (F) Fact Quiz: Introduction, JSL 1A
Fact: JSL 1B, JWL 1A
WEEK 5
9/27 (M) Act 12: JSL 1C/2A; JWL 1
2A CC 1, 2, 3
SP: 1
1C Utilization 1-20
Review all GUP
JWL: katakana 1-12 (reading and in-class-writing)
9/28 (T) Act 13: JSL 2A; JWL 1
2A CC 4, 5, 6
SP: 1
2A ApEx: A1
Drills: A, B, C
JWL: 1-25 (reading)
9/29 (W) Act 14 JSL 2A; JWL 1
2A CC 7, 8, 9
SP: 1, 2
Drills: D, G, H
2A ApEx: A2
JWL: 1-25 (reading)
10/1 (F) Fact 1B, 2A
WEEK 6
10/4 (M) Act 15: JSL 2A; JWL 1
2A CC 10
SP: 1, 2
2A ApEx: A2
Drills: E, F
JWL: 1-25 (reading and in-class writing)
10/5 (T) Act 16: JSL 2B; JWL 1
2B CC 1, 2
SP: 1
2B ApEx: B for CC 1, 2, 3; A1
Drills: A, B, C, D
JWL: Quiz -- katakana 1-25 (reading and writing)
10/6 (W) Fact Quiz: JSL 1B
Fact: JSL 2A
10/8 (F) NO CLASS
CONFERENCE IN TEXAS
WEEK 7
10/11 (M) Act 17: JSL 2B; JWL 2
2B CC 3, 4, 5
SP: 2
2B ApEx: A2, A3
Drills: A, B, C, D
JWL: 26-29 + diacritics and conversion rules (reading)
10/12 (T) Act 18: JSL 2B; JWL 2
2B CC 6
SP: 3
Digits, hundreds, -yen
2B ApEx: A4 with digits and hundreds
Drills: F, G
JWL: 26-29 + diacritics and conversion rules (reading)
10/13 (W) REVIEW ACT
10/15 (F) Fact Quiz: JSL 2A
Fact JSL 2B, JWL (diacritics and conversion rules)
WEEK 8
10/18 (M) Act 19: JSL 2B; JWL 2
CC 7
2B ApEx: B for CC7, A4
thousands
Drills: F, G, H, I, J
JWL: 26-29 + diacritics and conversion rule (reading and in-class writing)
10/19 (T) Act 20: JSL 2C/3A
3A CC 1, 2
SP: 1, 2
3A ApEx: B for CC 1, 2
2C EAVESDROPPING QUIZ
10/20 (W) Act 21: JSL 3A; JWL 2
CC 3, 4
SP: 1, 2, 3
3A ApEx: A2, A3; B for CC 3, 4
numbers (1-50)
JWL: 26-29 + diacritics and conversion rule (reading and in-class writing)
10/22 (F) Fact: JSL 2B, 3A
WEEK 9
10/25 (M) Act 22: JSL 3A; JWL 2
CC 5
SP: 1, 3
Numbers 1-99; -ban
JWL: Quiz -- 1-29 + diacritics and conversion rule 10
10/26 (T) Act 23: JSL 3A; JWL 2
CC 6
-doru, -sento
3A ApEx: A1 with numbers 1-999
Drills: E, G, I
JWL: conversion rules 11, 12; maru (reading)
10/27 (W) JSL Cumulative review
JWL: conversion rules 11, 12; maru (reading)
10/29 (F) Fact Quiz: JSL 2B
Fact: 3A, 3B
WEEK 10
11/1 (M) Act 24: JSL 3A/B; JWL 2
3B CC 1, 2
3B ApEx: B for CC1, 2
Drills: A, B, C, I
3A ApEx: A1 with numbers 100-9,999
Ten thousands
JWL: conversion rules 11, 12; maru (reading and in-class writing)
11/2 (T) Act 25: JSL 3B; JWL 2
CC 3, 4
3B ApEx: A1 by 10,000s to 990,000; B for CC 3, 4
Drills: D, E, G
JWL: conversion rules 11, 12; maru (reading and in-class writing)
11/ 3 (W) Act 26: JSL 3B; JWL 2
CC 5
3B ApEx: A2; B for CC 5
Drill: H
JWL: Quiz - Cumulative
11/5 (F) Fact Quiz: 3A
Fact: 3B, JWL conversion rules; maru
WEEK 11
11/8 (M) Act 27: JSL 3B
3B CC 6
3B ApEx: B for all CCs
Drill: D, E
11/9 (T) Act 28: JSL 3C, 4A
4A CC 1
4A ApEx: B
Drills: A
3C EAVESDROPPING QUIZ
11/10 (W) Act 29: JSL 3C, 4A
4A CC 2
4A ApEx: B for CC 2
Drills: L, M, P,
JWL: 31-37 through Long Consonants (p. 50) (reading)
11/12 (F) Fact Quiz: 3B
Fact: 4A, JWL 3 (long consonants)
WEEK 12
11/15 (M) Act 30: JSL 4A; JWL 3
CC 3
4A ApEx: A1 with X + wa dore/dare/nan desu ka
Drills: C, H,
JWL: 31-37 through Long Consonants (p. 50) (reading)
11/16 (T) Act 32: JSL 4A
CC 5
4A ApEx: A1, A2
Drills: J, K, O, R
JWL: 31-37 through Long Consonants (p. 50) (reading and writing)
11/17 (W) Act 33: JSL 4A Review
JWL: 38-40 + conversion rule 17 through 56 (reading)
11/19 (F) Fact 4A; JWL 3
WEEK 13
11/22-11/26 THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASSES
WEEK 14
11/29 (M) Act 34: JSL 4B
CC 1
4B ApEx: B for CC 1
Drills: A, C
-satsu, -mai
JWL: 38-40 + conversion rule 17 through 56 (reading)
11/30 (T) Act 35: JSL 4B
CC 2
ApEx: B for CC 2
Drills: B, C, H, I
-hon
JWL: 38-40 + conversion rule 17 through 56 (reading and writing)
12/1(W) Act 36: JSL 4B
CC 3
ApEx: B for CC 3
Drills: B, D, G, H, J
JWL: 38-40 + conversion rule 17 through 56 (reading and writing)
12/3 (F) Fact Quiz: 4A
Fact 4B
WEEK 15
12/6 (M) Act 37: JSL 4B
CC 4
ApEx B for CC 4
Drills: E, F, I, J
JWL: 41-45 (reading)
12/7 (T) Act 38: JSL 4B
4B Review all CCs and Vocabulary
JWL: 41-45 (reading)
12/8 (W) Practice Mini-Act for final exam
See schedule for your partners and interview time
12/10 (F) Fact Question and Answer Session
Exam Period
FRIDAY DECEMBER 17
9:00 - 11:00 AM
FELLOWS 321/322
Material to be covered on exam:
JSL: through 4B
JWL: reading - through #45 (p.67)
JWL: writing - through #40 (p. 57)