Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Second Edition]. ▫ Genki:
An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I [Second Edition].
Department of Humanities, Language, and Culture Spring Semester, 2014 Welcome to the Japanese Program!
Program Description and Course Goals As of 2010, Japan’s population stood at over 127 million, and linguistically it is nearly a homogenous nation, with more than 99 % of the population using the same language. This means the Japanese language is the sixth most spoken language in the world. However, the language is spoken in scarcely any region outside Japan (http://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/e19_language.pdf). The Japanese courses at SLCC are designed to teach you to function well on a daily basis in a Japanesespeaking environment: how to address others and introduce yourself, ask and answer questions on a variety of topics, hold conversations (describe people, narrate events), and negotiate unexpected difficulties. It will provide a thorough introduction to Japanese grammar, and give you a solid foundation for further study of the language, culture, and literature. All components of language use will be addressed: listening, speaking, reading, and writing; awareness of important cultural issues that influence communication in Japanese will also be encouraged. SLCC’s four-course sequence in Japanese is designed to take complete novices in the language (JPN 1010) up to the “intermediate mid” level of ability (JPN 2020) as defined by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). The last two pages of this document indicate the proficiency goals of the SLCC Japanese program at the end of the fourth semester Japanese course (JPN 2020).
Faculty The Japanese instructors at SLCC have different specialties related to Japan and the Japanese language. The following instructors will be teaching Japanese courses this semester: Name
Specialty
E-mail
Takashi EBIRA (Program Coordinator)
Applied Linguistics
[email protected]
Yuko JUNGERT Mark COOK
Linguistics Japanese Literature
[email protected] [email protected]
Class JPN 1010-001 (IAB 215) JPN 1020-001 (IAB 215) JPN 2020-001 (IAB 215) JPN 2300-001 (IAB 215) JPN 1020-003 (IAB 218) JPN 1010-003 (IAB 320)
Required Materials
Your instructor will advise you what materials you will need to purchase for your course. The following are required materials for the Japanese program at SLCC. These materials are available at the College Store:
o JPN 1010 Genki: Genki: o JPN 1020 Genki: Genki: o JPN 1300
An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Second Edition] An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I [Second Edition] An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Second Edition] An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I [Second Edition]
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かんが
はな
りゅうがくせい
しょきゅう
かい わ
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かんが
はな
りゅうがくせい
しょきゅう
かい わ
聞く・ 考 える・話す 留 学生のための初 級 にほんご会話 (Listening, Thinking, Talking: Beginner Japanese Conversation for Overseas Students) o JPN 2010 Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II [Second Edition] Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook II [Second Edition] o JPN 2020 Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese II [Second Edition] Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook II [Second Edition] o JPN 2300
聞く・ 考 える・話す 留 学生のための初 級 にほんご会話 (Listening, Thinking, Talking: Beginner Japanese Conversation for Overseas Students) Be sure you know how to access your SLCC MyPage account because your instructor will use the course page to post announcements, documents, etc. (https://mypage.slcc.edu/cp/home/displaylogin) Be sure you know how to type Japanese on your computer. Ask your instructor for assistance. If you do not have a computer, you can type Japanese at the Center for Languages (TB 418). JPN 1020 is designated as a General Education course. It is now a requirement in all General Education courses for students to create an ePortfolio that contains their significant assignments and reflections about those assignments. (http://www.slcc.edu/gened/eportfolio/) Optional Materials
There are lots of excellent Japanese learning materials available on the market. If you are looking for things like a dictionary and a grammar book, talk to your instructor. He/she will give you advice. The following are some suggestions. Keep in mind you are NOT required to purchase them:
An Introduction to Japanese Grammar and Communication Strategies [Revised Edition] ISBN: 978-47890-1338-3 The Japan Times (A good Japanese grammar handbook for beginning and intermediate students) Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary ISBN: 4-7700-2480-0 Kodansha International (A good Japanese-English & English-Japanese dictionary for beginning and intermediate students) The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary [Revised and Expanded] ISBN: 978-1-56836-407-0 (An excellent Kanji dictionary for beginning and intermediate students) The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary ISBN: 0-8048-2036-8 Tuttle Publishing (An excellent Kanji dictionary for intermediate and advanced students)
You can purchase some of the above materials at the College Store. You can also purchase various Japanese learning materials from the Japan Shop: http://www.thejapanshop.com/
Placement True beginners in Japanese (no experience or knowledge at all) should enroll in JPN 1010. JPN 1010 is followed by JPN 1020. The next courses to take are JPN 2010 and JPN 2020. These courses need to be taken sequentially. Please note that each SLCC Japanese course depends upon successful completion of the preceding course. “Successful completion” means having earned a final grade of C- or better. However, a final grade of C+ or better is highly recommended in order to succeed in the subsequent course. Students who have taken Japanese previously, whether in high school or at another college or university, or who have spent a year or more in Japan, are also welcome to continue their Japanese studies at SLCC, provided that they take the appropriate course. The following table indicates what constitutes appropriate placement. JPN 1010 (offered in the fall and spring)
JPN 1020 (offered in the spring and summer)
This class is for those who have not studied Japanese before or those who have been placed in JPN 1010 by SLCC’s placement test. JPN 2010 (offered in the fall)
This class is for those who have completed JPN 1010 at SLCC or those who have been placed in JPN 1020 by SLCC’s placement test. JPN 1300 (offered in the fall)
This class is for those who have completed JPN 1020 at SLCC or those who have been placed in JPN 2010 by SLCC’s placement test. It is encouraged to take this class with JPN 1300 concurrently.
This one-credit conversation class is for those who have completed JPN 1020 at SLCC or those who have been placed in JPN 2010 or higher by SLCC’s placement test. It is encouraged to take this class with JPN 2010 concurrently JPN 2300 (offered in the spring)
JPN 2020 (offered in the spring) This class is for those who have completed JPN 2010 at SLCC or those who have been placed in JPN 2020 by SLCC’s placement test. It is encouraged to take this class with JPN 2300 concurrently.
This one-credit conversation class is for those who have completed JPN 2010 at SLCC or those who have been placed in JPN 2020 or higher by SLCC’s placement test. It is encouraged to take this class with JPN 2020 concurrently.
In order to take a Japanese course at SLCC, those who have studied Japanese before at another institution or those who have lived in Japan more than a year MUST take SLCC’s placement test prior to their course registration. Even the students who have taken Japanese before at SLCC are required to take the placement test if more than a year has passed since they took a Japanese course last time. SLCC does not offer upper-division Japanese courses. Those who have been placed higher than JPN 2020 are encouraged to take courses at a four-year institution, such as the University of Utah, if they would like to pursue their Japanese language studies. The following courses at the University of Utah might be good courses to take for those who have higher proficiency in Japanese: JAPAN 3040 (for those who have equivalent proficiency to the completion of JPN 2020 at SLCC) or JAPAN 3060 (for those who have acquired Japanese by living in Japan more than a year). Students with questions about placement should contact Takashi Ebira (
[email protected]).
Class Structure: Daily Preparation, Attendance and Participation Class attendance and participation are essential to your progress, and are also necessary to ensure the progress of your classmates. Persistent, active in-class participation develops your speaking and comprehension skills, and allows your partners to develop theirs. Therefore, it is extremely important that you attend class daily. Trying to catch up once you have fallen behind will be difficult, as much new material will be introduced on a daily basis. Please note that class time will be spent using the language, therefore you must prepare the material assigned before coming to class. The primary role of the instructor is to facilitate real communication in Japanese. Classroom time is planned according to this philosophy.
Study! Be there! Speak! It is normal to feel nervous or shy when speaking a foreign language; regular participation in class will help you become more comfortable speaking Japanese and will help you progress as quickly as possible in the language. Do not worry about making mistakes – it is a normal part of the learning process! We will focus more on the message you are trying to communicate than on any grammatical mistakes you make while talking. The instructor will speak Japanese in class. At times you will not understand every word. Do not be distressed by this. It is normal. Simply keep listening for words that you recognize and other cues. Most of the time, these words will provide you with the cues you need to understand what is going on. Gradually you will understand more and more when you make the effort to listen carefully. A good language learner is a willing guesser who accepts the uncertainty of not knowing every single word. However, it is very important to memorize as many vocabulary words in Japanese as possible in order to understand Japanese correctly. Needless to say, you must understand the basic sentence structures. Otherwise, you will not understand Japanese correctly even if you have enough vocabulary words.
Remember the 4 P’s
Be Punctual o Class starts on time and runs until the last moment. You will miss material if you are late or leave early. Be Present, physically and mentally o No texting or side conversations! Be Prepared o You should study/learn the vocabulary, structures and cultures before class, and be ready to start using them. Participate fully in the paired conversations o You should work on developing a love of language learning. No English! Learn to talk in complete sentences, so you really practice and learn the material. If you run into a word you do not know, paraphrase and keep going.
Lab Assignments The students who are in JPN 1010, JPN 1020, JPN 2010, and JPN 2020 are required to complete lab assignments. Your instructor will give you more information about lab requirements in class. In order to complete your lab assignments, you need to go to the Center for Languages (TB 418). You can do the following things there:
You can practice conversation with a Japanese tutor there. It is free! You can watch Japanese movies there. The Center for Languages has Japanese movies on DVD. You can type Japanese in the computer room there. You can read Japanese books there. The Center for Languages has graded readers in Japanese. You can simply do your homework there.
You must make an appointment with a Japanese tutor on-line if you want to practice conversation with him/her (http://www.slcc.edu/languagelab/tutors.aspx). For more information, please contact the Center for Languages at 801-957-3855.
Graded Readers in Japanese べつ に ほん ご
た どく
The Center for Languages (TB 418) has Japanese graded readers called レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー. Your instructor will assign you to read these books as part of your lab assignment. Starting from JPN 1020, you are required to go to the Center for Languages to do this task. The following table indicates which graded readers you need to read: JPN 1020 JPN 2010 JPN 2020
Level 0, Vol. 1 (6 books) and Vol. 2 (6 books) Level 1, Vol. 1 (5 books) and Vol. 2 (5 books) Level 3, Vol. 1 (5 books) and Vol. 2 (5 books) た どく
た どく
What the Japanese program is promoting is 多読. What is 多読 then? 多 means “a lot” and 読 means “to read.” た どく
In 多読, you will NOT read a lot of difficult books. Instead, you will read a lot of easy books you can really た どく
enjoy. There are four golden rules you must observe when you do 多読.
Start from scratch Read easy books you can enjoy without translating. That way, you will understand better and you will read more. Don’t consult a dictionary Don’t consult a dictionary when you come across words you do not know. Guess the meaning of the pictures and/or the story. You do not have to understand everything. Skip over difficult words, phrases, and passages If guessing does not work, skip over that word, phrase, or passage and go on reading. You can often enjoy the book without understanding every small detail.
When the reading gets tough, quit reading and pick up another book. When the book is not suitable for your current Japanese proficiency or your interest, reading can become tough. When you encounter this situation, quit reading the book and choose another book.
One of the principles of 多読 is reading a lot of materials which are below your current reading proficiency. Therefore, JPN 1010 students are not required to do 多読, but they are encouraged to converse with a Japanese tutor in Japanese (chatting with a tutor in English does NOT count) as much as possible at the Center for Languages. レベル別日本語多読ライブラリー has Level 0 to Level 4, and each level has two volumes. Each volume has five to six different short stories. If you read one short story (it takes about fifteen to thirty minutes to complete) a week, you will have read ten to twelve short stories by the end of the semester! Students with higher reading proficiency are welcome tackle Levels 3 and 4 readers.
Departmental Technology in the Classroom Policy Please turn off all cell phones unless you have informed the instructor in advance that you meet one of these conditions:
you are an EMT or firefighter you are the parent of a young child you must be available for you are waiting for an emergency call
If you are expecting a call that meets these conditions, please keep your phone on vibrate and step outside to take the call. Otherwise please put your cell phones away at the start of class and keep them away during the entire class time. Do not continually “check” your phone. Students in this class must come prepared to leave their other commitments at the door and give their attention to this seminar. No text messaging is permitted under any circumstances. Any student caught using their phone except as outlined here will be marked absent for the day. Computers/iPads are permitted only when specifically indicated as part of the learning experience or when authorized by the Disability Resource Center for a specific disability. No one is permitted to use a computing device without express permission from the instructor for a particular class period; any permission given does not extend to the whole course or to other students. No recording devices of any kind (tape recorders, voice recorders, LiveScribe pens) are permitted unless authorized in advance by the Disability Resource Center to help students with a specific disability.
Plagiarism Policy Academic dishonesty is not tolerated at SLCC. Academic dishonesty refers to actions such as, but not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, having someone else do your work, copying someone else’s work, etc. and includes all situations where students make use of the work of others and claim such work as their own even though some wording, method of citation, or arrangement of evidence, ideas, or arguments have been altered. Thus, it is expected that all assigned work for this course will be entirely original. In cases of academic dishonesty, the student involved will receive a grade of “0” on the assignment for a first offense. A second offense garners a grade of “E” for the course and will be reported to the Registrar and the Office of Student Services and will go on the student’s permanent record. Please familiarize yourself with the Student Code of Conduct available at: http://www.slcc.edu/policies/docs/Student_Code_of_Conduct.pdf This document lists your rights, your full responsibilities, the penalties to be imposed if you do not follow them (especially regarding cheating and plagiarism), and recourse you may have.
Classroom Expressions The following are useful classroom Japanese expressions you will hear and use frequently in class: Expressions for Students しつもん
I have a question.
質問があります。 ど
ねが
Please say it again.
もう 1度お願いします。 わ
I don’t understand. / I don’t know.
わ
I understood. / I got it.
分かりません。 分かりました。 ま
Please wait a moment.
ちょっと待ってください。 に ほん ご
なん
い
How do you say X in Japanese?
X は日本語で何と言いますか。 い
(You) say Y.
Y と言います。 に ほん ご
なん
What is X in Japanese?
X は日本語で何ですか。 Y です。
(It) is Y.
Expressions for Instructors きょう か しょ
と
Please close your textbook.
きょう か しょ
あ
Please open your textbook.
きょう か しょ
み
Please look at your book.
きょう か しょ
み
Please don’t look at your book.
教 科書を閉じてください。 教 科書を開けてください。 教 科書を見てください。 教 科書を見ないでください。 き
Please listen.
み
Please look at (me, it, this).
い
Please say (it).
聞いて（いて）ください。 見てください。 言ってください。
ど
い
Please repeat (it) again.
もう 1度言ってください。 に ほん ご
い
Please say it in Japanese.
日本語で言ってください。 く
かえ
Please repeat (it).
繰り返してください。 よ
Please read (it).
か
Please write (it).
読んでください。 書いてください。 れんしゅう
Please practice (it).
おぼ
Please memorize (it).
練 習 してください。 覚えてください。 つく
Please pair off with a classmate.
ペアを作ってください。 だ
Please take out your notebook.
か
Please write in your notebook.
ノートを出してください。 ノートに書いてください。 なに
Please don’t write anything down.
か
何も書かないでください。 わ
Do you understand?
分かりますか。 わ
Yes, I understand.
はい、分かります。
No, I don’t understand.
わ
いいえ、分かりません。 しつもん
Do you have any questions?
質問がありますか。 はい、あります。 いいえ、ありません。 はじ
始めましょう。 ど
もう 1度。 みな
いっしょ
皆さん、一緒に。 いいですか。 いいですね。 よくできました。
Yes, I do (have questions). No, I don’t (have any questions.) Let’s begin. Once again, please. Everyone (do it) together. Is that all right? That’s fine. Well done.
Miscellaneous This program syllabus gives you general information for the Japanese program at SLCC. Your instructor may have course-specific guidelines and rules. You MUST read your course syllabus very carefully. If you have any questions about your course, please ask your instructor directly. If you have any questions about the Japanese program at SLCC, please contact Takashi Ebira (
[email protected]).
A Final Thought All of the Japanese instructors at SLCC have one main goal: to help you learn as much as possible about the Japanese language, Japan and its culture, and to do so as enjoyably as possible. If anything is interfering with ability to get as much out of these courses as you would like, please let us know. We will find a solution together!
Proficiency Goals of the Japanese Program at SLCC (Based on and adapted from the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Intermediate-Low Level) The students who have completed four series of Japanese language instruction at SLCC (i.e., having completed up to JPN 2020 [Intermediate Japanese II] should be able to do the following in Japanese):
SPEAKING Can handle successfully a limited number of simple and basic, but interactive, communicative tasks (such as self-introductions, ordering a meal, obtaining and giving directions, and making purchases) and social situations. Communicate in sentences, rather than words or phrases. Maintain face-to-face conversation by asking/answering questions and by creating own sentences, rather than only by uttering learned and memorized materials. Produce speech that is comprehensible to most interlocutors (i.e., people taking part in a conversation with you) who are accustomed to non-native speakers, although the speech may be accompanied by pauses, repetitions, and various inaccuracies, such as phonological, syntactic, or sociolinguistic (e.g., politeness).
LISTENING Are usually able to understand, in an authentic environment, sentence-length utterances which consist of recombinations of learned utterances on limited topics supported by situational contexts. (Understanding is often uneven, and misunderstandings may occur frequently). Comprehend discourse related to basic personal background and needs, everyday situations, and uncomplicated tasks such as getting meals or receiving simple instructions and directions (primarily in face-to-face interactions).
READING Comprehend information in constructed materials of several connected sentences. Understand and follow events described in very simple passages in specially prepared texts dealing with basic situations, written with simple structures, and using limited numbers of Kanji and vocabulary items. Comprehend main ideas and/or some facts in connected texts dealing with basic personal, daily, and social activities. Such texts are linguistically simple, with a clearly underlying internal structure such as chronological sequencing, and require no suppositions. Examples include personal messages, letters, public announcements, and instructions. Success of comprehension depends heavily on subject matter, number of unfamiliar words and Kanji, and simplicity of style. Recognize basic Kanji and understand compounds made up of those Kanji, as well as Hiragana and Katakana. (The choice of Kanji is related to the communicative functions, contents, and contexts mentioned above).
WRITING Can meet limited practical writing needs using appropriate Japanese orthography. Can write short messages, postcards, and simple letters on topics related to personal experience. Can create statements or questions within the scope of limited language experience. Write in Hiragana, Katakana, and a limited number of commonly used Kanji, including compounds utilizing those characters; use each of the orthographies appropriately. Write samples that are generally understood by native speakers used to the writing of non-natives, but may contain orthographic, lexical, and linguistic errors.
