JPN 2201 Intermediate Japanese 2  (Spring 2003)

 

Monday – Friday daily, 4th and 6th periods

 

4th period class:  M   W   F          Turlington 2354

                   T  R             Black 315

               Instructor:           Kazuko Ioroi          

               Office:              Turlington B124

               Phone:               392-8428        

   E-mail:              kioroi@aall.ufl.edu

 Office hours:         T W 8th period (3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.), R   5th period (11:45 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.)

 

6th period class:   M  W  F           Matherly 6

   Instructor:           Susan Kubota

   Office:              407 Grinter Hall

 

               Phone:                392-1581

   E-mail:               skubota@aall.ufl.edu

   Office hours:         M 7th period (1:55 – 2:45 p.m.), W 6th – 7th period (12:50 – 2:45 p.m.)

 

Teaching assistant:                 Mutsuo Nakamura

   Office:              487 Grinter Hall

               Phone:                392-2422 (messages)

               E-mail:               mutsuo@ufl.edu

               Office hours:        Friday 2:55 – 3:55 p.m.

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Required texts:

 

This course is a continuation of JPN 2200, and the text, accompanying CDs, and workbook are the same.  This semester it is required that you purchase the following:

 

1. The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, by John H. Haig. Rutland, Bt./Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1997.

 

This dictionary is available at Gator Textbooks, phone 352-374-4500, 3501 SW 2nd Ave Suite D (Creekside Mall).

 

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Class Policies, Requirements and Grading:

 

The daily schedule which follows below is designed for you to prepare the materials indicated for a given date the day/night before the class meets.  All homework is to be prepared ahead of time, and turned into the instructor on the date it appears in the syllabus.  At times the homework will be corrected during class, but at other times it will be corrected by the instructor outside of class.  It will not be graded per se, however, all homework must show effort and be completed to receive credit.  Do not hesitate to ask questions about the homework assigned during class.  No late homework is accepted for credit without prior permission of the instructor or written evidence of documented emergency.

 

Attendance and participation in class is mandatory, and will be recorded at each class session.  To receive full participation credit, you must show evidence of preparation for class.  If you should miss class for more than one day in a row, please e-mail or telephone the instructor.

 

Unless there is written evidence of documented emergency, no make-up quizzes or tests will be given for any reason. 

 

If you are not satisfied with your performance, please communicate this to the instructor and visit during office hours for help or advice.

 

Grades will be determined as follows:

 

Exams             4 X 15%   =    60%

Skits                             5%

Quizzes                          15%

Homework                         15%

Attendance                        5%

 

Total:                         100%

 

Grading Scale: 90 - 100 = A; 88-89 = B+; 80 - 87 = B; 78 - 79 = C+; 70 -              77 = C; 68 - 69 = D+; 60 - 67 = D; 59 and below = E.

 

Language Lab:   This class will be going to the language lab in the Tandberg Lab, Room 1371 Turlington Hall on most Tuesdays (instructor will announce any changes in schedule).

                                Daily Schedule

                                   

 

                                    WEEK 1

Chapter 4

 

M 01/06     Review of last chapter exam, fall term 2002.

T 01/07     Discussion of activities over winter vacation.  Written text    required, typed if at all possible, together with your English translation.

W 01/08     Listening Practice.  Listen to Instructor’s description of the New Year’s Holiday and customs.  Take notes to prepare English summary of one custom due in class tomorrow, typed if possible.

R 01/09     Textbook, pp. 191-198.  Homework:  write down your description of the ‘uchuujin’ on p. 198 I the text (activity 8). Type, if possible.

F 01/10     Textbook, pp. 198-202.  Homework: Listening C, D, p 144; Writing C, D, G, pp. 159-160.                              

 

 

                                   

                                    WEEK 2

 

 

M 01/13     Voc. Quiz:“Body Parts”, p. 238.  Text, pp. 202-210.  Kanji origins.

T 01/14     Meet in Computer Lab, 1371 Turlington.  Homework due: Writing: D, E, p. 164.

 

 

W 01/15     Homework, Kanji exercises pp. 149-157.           

R 01/16     Textbook, pp. 210-214.             

F 01/17     Kanji quiz.  Special activity.

                   

                                    WEEK 3

 

M 01/20     Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday – no class.

T 01/21     Meet in Lab, Turlington Hall. Text, p. 214-220.  Homework: Listening C, D, pp. 146-47.

W 01/22     Homework: Workbook, writing, B, C, pp. 169-170.

R 01/23     Textbook, pp. 221-225.

F 01/24     Vocabulary quiz: Feeling/Emotion, Body Actions, pp. 238-39.  Textbook, pp. 225-229.  Homework due:  Write out and translate to English the following activities (type if possible): Act. 36 (pp. 227-28)     .

 

                                    WEEK 4

 

M 01/27     Homework due: Workbook: Listening G, p. 148; Writing, P, pp. 176-177.

T 01/28     Do not meet in Lab, meet in regular classroom. Review for exam.

W 01/29     Homework: Reading 1 and Writing 1, pp. 229-231.

R 01/30     Textbook pp. 234-237.

F 01/31     Exam l: Chapter 4.

                                    WEEK 5

 

Chapter 5

 

M 02/03     Textbook, p. 244-248.  Review exams.

T 02/04     Meet in Lab. Homework: Workbook, Listening D, E, p. 184.

W 02/05     Written exercises due in class, typed if possible and translated to English: Activity 6 (p. 251) and Activity 7 (p. 252).

R 02/06     Textbook,  pp. 254-265. Homework: Writing, C, F, G, p. 202 & p. 204.

F 02/07     Vocabulary Quiz: Life, p. 291.  Kanji Origins. Form groups for skits.

 

                                    WEEK 6

 

M 02/10     Textbook, pp. 265-274.

T 02/11      Meet in Computer Lab. Homework: Workbook: Writing B & C, p. 208-  209.

W 02/12      Textbook, pp. 274-279.  Homework: Kanji exercises, pp. 190-198.  Written exercises due Act. 24 (p. 277), Act. 25 (p. 278) and Act. 27 (p. 279).  Type if possible, and translate to English.

R 02/13     Homework: Writing, F, G, p. 212-213.

F 02/14      Vocabulary Quiz: Occupations, Companies, pp. 292-293.  Form   groups for skits.

 

                                    WEEK 7

 

M 02/17     Textbook, Reading 1, pp. 279-281. Practice skits.

T 02/18     Meet in Lab. Textbook, Writing 1, p. 282. Turn in written skits.

W 02/19     Kanji quiz.  Practice skits with instructor.

R 02/20     Perform skits.

F 02/21     Textbook:  Language Functions and Situations, pp. 284-286 (study conversation, and do activity.)

 

            

                                    WEEK 8

 

M 02/24     Exam 2: Chapter 5.

T 02/25     Oral Exam – Chapter 5. Do not meet in the Lab.  Meet in the regular classroom.

W 02/26     Textbook, pp. 297-305.  Written exercises due, typed if possible and translated to English.  Activity 1 (p. 298), Activity 2 (p. 299), and Activity 4 (p. 304).

R 02/27     Review of exams.  Special in-class activity.

F 02/28     Homework:  Listening B, C, pp. 219-220; Writing, F, pp. 237-38.

 

                                    WEEK 9

 

M 03/03     Textbook, pp. 306-314.

T 03/04     Meet in Computer Lab.  Homework: Workbook, Writing I, C, pp. 239-240; p. 242.

W 03/05     Vocabulary Quiz: Telephone, Postal service, pp. 344-345. Writing Exercises due, typed if possible, and translated to English.  Do Activity 16 (p. 316), Activity 17 (pp. 316-317), and Activity 21 (p. 320).

R 03/06     Textbook, pp. 315-322.  Homework: Workbook, Listening, D, E, p. 223.

F 03/07     Homework:  Workbook, Writing,, G, p. 244.  Kanji origins.

 

                                    WEEK 10

 

SPRING BREAK:  March 10 – 14 – NO CLASS

 

                                    WEEK 11         

 

M 03/17     Textbook, pp. 322-325.  Homework:  Kanji Exercises, pp. 226-234.

T 03/18     Meet in Lab. Textbook, pp. 326-334.  Form groups for skits.

W 03/19     Kanji quiz.  Textbook: Reading 1, pp. 335-337.

R 03/20     Textbook, Writing 1, p. 337.  Turn in written skits.  Practice skits.

F 03/21     Perform skits.

 

                                    WEEK 12

 

M 03/24     Be able to perform the conversation “At the Post Office:, text p. 343 from English cues.

T 03/25     Do not meet in Lab, meet in the regular classroom.  Review for exam.

W 03/26     Exam 3: Chapter 6.

R 03/27     Textbook, pp. 351-355.

F 03/28     Do Activity 1 in class, interview classmates and write out answers in Japanese to hand in before the end of class.  Then do Activity 3 p. 353 in class.

                                    WEEK 13

 

M 03/31     Textbook, pp. 356-364.  Homework: Workbook, Listening, B, C, pp. 255-56.

T 04/01     Meet in the lab. Textbook, pp. 365-374.  Homework: Workbook, writing, D, G, pp. 279-280; p. 281.

W 04/02     Kanji Origins.  Textbook, pp. 375-378.  Written exercises due, typed if possible, and translated to English.  Activity 21 (pp. 377-78).

R 04/03     Homework: Workbook, Kanji exercises pp. 262-274.

F 04/04     Kanji Quiz.  Special activity in class.

 

                                    WEEK 14

 

M 04/07     Textbook, pp. 379-386.

T 04/08     Meet in Lab.  Workbook: Listening, F, G, p. 59; Writing, H, pp. 281-82.

W 04/09     Written exercises, typed if possible, and translated to English.  Activity 26 (p. 385), and Activity 27 (p. 386).

R 04/10     Reading 2, pp. 389-391.  Homework: Writing A, p. 283.

F 04/11     Vocabulary quiz: Geography and Environment, Animals & Insects, pp. 395-396. Textbook, Language Functions and Situations, pp. 391-392.

 

                                    WEEK 15

 

M 04/15     Discuss presentations on Japanese culture.  Instructor will give an example for students to translate in class, using dictionaries.

T 04/16     Do not meet in Lab, meet in the regular classroom. Discuss individual culture presentations with instructor.  Bring in topic. 

W 04/17     Vocabulary quiz: Plants, Culture and Customs, Miscellaneous pp. 396-97.  Textbook, Having a Discussion, pp. 393-394.

R 04/18     Turn in Japanese culture presentation vocabulary lists to instructor.

F 04/19     Due date for written text of culture presentations.

 

                                    WEEK 16

 

 

M 04/22     Presentations on Japanese Culture (“Activity”, p. 392).  This counts as the oral portion of the exam. Students in the audience must write a brief English summary of each presentation to be turned in to the instructor by Friday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.

T 04/23     Do not meet in the Lab, meet in the regular classroom.

          Japanese Culture presentations, continued.

W 04/24     Japanese Culture presentations, continued.

 

 

There is no cumulative final exam given for this course.  Your final grade in the course will be available on-line on Grade-A-Gator on the date specified.