JPNS 4510: 上級日本語Advanced Japanese

2007年秋学期Fall 2007

  • 担当教授: 斎藤理香Dr. Rika Saito (rika.saito@wmich.edu)
  • 授業: 月、水、金 午前11：00-11:50
  • 教室: Schneider Hall 1225
  • オフィスアワー: 水曜日 午後12-1, 5:15-6:15 (or by appointment)
  • オフィス: 518 Sprau Tower
  • 電話: 269-387-3020

コース概要Course Description:

This course is designed for students who have completed Japanese 1000, 1010, 2000, 2010, 3000, and 3010 at WMU or the equivalent. Students who have not taken these courses should request permission from the instructor to take the course.

 

コースの目的Course Objectives:

  • To acquire intermediate to high-level competence in reading short Japanese texts.
  • To practice listening and speaking ability in the classroom.
  • To acquire greater fluency with fundamental grammatical patterns.
  • To acquire an increasing number of kanji.
  • To become increasingly familiar with Japanese culture.

教科書 Course Materials:

              All class materials will be provided by an instructor. In the former half of the semester, we will use selected chapters of 「中級の日本語」 An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (by Miura, Akira and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin, The Japan Times, 1994) and other textbooks for advanced learners. In the latter half of the semester, we will use various types of materials, including short fiction, essays, and newspaper articles. The professor will make these texts available to students. 

 

参考書 Recommended Texts:

An English-Japanese and Japanese-English Dictionary. (Dictionaries with furigana are especially recommended.  Many dictionaries that are available, especially in Japan, are designed for Japanese students learning English and rarely contain readings for the kanji since they assume that the person using the dictionary can already read kanji fluently.) One can often buy these dictionaries as two separate volumes, or sometimes you can purchase them as a single volume, for example Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English, English-Japanese (NY: Kodansha International, 2000) [ISBN 4770024800].

Kanji dictionary, for example Kodansha's Essential Kanji Dictionary: A Compact Character Dictionary for Students and Professionals (NY: Kodansha International, 2002) [ISBN 4770028911].

きまりRules:

              Classroom activities will be conducted only in Japanese. Students should ask questions to the teacher and each other in Japanese.

 

 

 

評価 Grading:

  • 10% Class Participation                                    クラス参加
  • 20% Weekly Quizzes & Skit Presentation         小テスト＆ｽｷｯﾄﾌﾟﾚｾﾞﾝﾃｰｼｮﾝ
  • 20% Homework                                               宿題
  • 25% Chapter Tests                                          総合テスト
  • 25% Final project (Presentation and Paper)      期末プロジェクト(発表と論文)

The final letter grade will be determined according to the following scale.

  • A = 93-100%
  • BA = 90-92%
  • B = 83-89%
  • CB = 80-83%
  • C = 73-79%
  • DC = 70-73%
  • D = 63-69%
  • E = Under 63%

 

期末プロジェクト（発表と論文）　Final Project (Presentation and Paper)：

Students will give a 15 minute presentation and write a final paper (4-5 pages long) on a topic of your choice in the last week of the course; however, you must consult me about your topic beforehand. Use your own words as much as possible, but feel free to use a dictionary in working on your project.

 

 

出席とクラス参加Attendance & Class Participation：

Class attendance is important for your successful progress. Please let me know ahead of time if there are circumstances, personal or otherwise, that might affect your performance in this course. I really do not expect any absences from class, but if you must be absent for good reason, please leave a phone or e-mail message before class time. (I always credit effort on your part to use Japanese in any situation, including e-mails and telephone calls!)

              More than three absences will detract from your final grade. After 3 absences, regardless of the reason, your letter grade will be lowered by 1% each day you are absent.

              As students of Japanese, you are part of an interdependent network; when one of students misses class, the group dynamics change; therefore, you owe it to your classmates, to your instructor, and most of all to yourself, to attend class regularly and promptly.

 

 

宿題の確認Homework：

At the beginning of every class, homework will be checked.  Please try to come early to class to make sure the teacher has time to check your work.  If you come late, it is the students’ responsibility to show their homework to the instructor before they leave the class, or they will not get credit for that homework. Late homework may be checked by the instructor upon the students’ request, but NO late homework will be counted for credit.

 

 

 

学生の役割Role of student:

  • Students should take charge of their own learning! The instructor expects that students will come to class having already thoroughly familiarized themselves with the new material (grammatical notes, vocabulary, new kanji, etc.) for the day. The student should come prepared to PRACTICE the new material, NOT to learn it from scratch.

教師の役割Role of the instructor:

  • The instructor's role is not to teach the contents of the textbook to students from scratch, but to help students better understand the grammar, new phrases, and words that they should have already started studying at home on their own.  The instructor will do this by putting the new material into context, providing explanations when necessary, and guiding students through situations in which they must speak aloud. 
  • The instructor will do his best to be available during regular office hours or via e-mail and/or telephone. (Please remember, however, that it takes time to get and answer e-mails!)

追試・再試験Make-up work:

  • Unexcused absences cannot be made up.
  • If a student must miss courses or a test because of illness, calamities in the family, and so on, the students need to provide documentation. Whenever possible, the students must contact the instructor AHEAD of time.
  • The student must make up the test / missed courses within a calendar week.
  • Students who miss quizzes because they have not studied ahead of time will not be excused.

課題の遅れLate work:

  • Work that is submitted within a day of its due date will be graded at 75% of the total value of the homework.
  • Work more than two days late will not be graded.

学生としてやってはいけないことAcademic Integrity:

You are responsible for making yourself aware of and understanding the policies and procedures in the Undergraduate Catalog (pp. 268-69) / Graduate Catalog (pp. 26-27) that pertain to academic integrity. These policies include cheating, fabrication, falsification and forgery, multiple submission, plagiarism, complicity, and computer misuse. If there is reason to believe you have been involved in academic dishonesty, you will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. You will be given the opportunity to review the charge(s). If you believe you are not responsible, you will have the opportunity for a hearing. You should consult with me if you are uncertain about an issue of academic honesty prior to the submission of an assignment or test.

JPNS 4510                                                                  

＊「2、6課」：『中級の日本語』

＊The schedule for the second half of the semester will be provided in October.

＊口頭練習 oral practice：O           文法ノート：ﾉｰﾄ        *make 2 sentences by using each new grammar

文法練習：練

＊小テストの漢字：Kanji you are required to write correctly: W漢字

総合テストの漢字：Kanji you are required to read correctly: R漢字

＊表現文型 p.##：『日本語表現文型500』

 

日程：

 

9/5         水          オリエンテーション＋自己紹介＋読んでみよう

 

パート１: 教科書で学ぶ

２課 あいさつ言葉                                                                                          宿題

 

9/7         金          会話1, 2：漢字、単語の確認、練習                                    1. O, ﾉｰﾄ 1,2

9/10       月          会話2：漢字、単語の確認、練習＋ぎおんご・ぎたいご     2. O, ﾉｰﾄ 3,4

9/12       水          会話3：漢字、単語の確認、練習+notes p. 35-36               3. O, ﾉｰﾄ 5

9/14       金          小テスト1（会話の単語と文法）＋ｽｷｯﾄﾌﾟﾚｾﾞﾝﾃｰｼｮﾝ

 

9/17       月          読み物 p.30 漢字、単語の確認                                           4. ﾉｰﾄ 6~11

9/19       水          文法練習：例文をクラスで発表                                          5. 練(p. 42-45)

9/21       金          小テスト2（読み物の単語と文法、W漢字）＋読み練習

 

9/24       月          応用練習                                                                                  6. read 表現文型 2 (p. 20-25)

9/26       水          応用練習　続き                                                                      7. 表現文型 2 (p. 25-27)

9/28       金          第2課 総合テスト（文法、R漢字、応用読解reading comprehension）

 

６課 レストランで

 

10/1       月          会話1, 2：漢字、単語の確認、練習                                    8. O, ﾉｰﾄ 1~3

10/3       水          会話3：漢字、単語の確認、練習+notes p. 124-125           9. O, ﾉｰﾄ 4,5, 練(p.133-134)

10/5       金          小テスト3（会話の単語と文法）＋ｽｷｯﾄﾌﾟﾚｾﾞﾝﾃｰｼｮﾝ

 

10/8       月          読み物 p.120 漢字、単語の確認                                         10. ﾉｰﾄ 6~10

10/10     水          文法練習：例文をクラスで発表                                          11. 練(p. 131-133)

10/12     金          小テスト4（読み物の単語と文法、W漢字）＋読み練習

 

10/15     月          応用練習                                                                                  12. read 表現文型 8 (p. 62-65)

10/17     水          応用練習　続き                                                                      13. 表現文型 8 (p. 65-66)

10/19     金          第6課 総合テスト（文法、R漢字、応用読解reading comprehension）