Japanese
202& 302
COURSE
SYLLABUS
Spring 2019
(updated 01-16-2019)
Homepage:
http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy
INSTRUCTOR:
Name:
KANO,
Yoko
Office: Leutze Hall #253A (2nd floor, inside of the Foreign Language Resource Center) TEL : 910-962-7575 (Office) and 910-962-3340 (Department at the Leutze Hall)
Email : Kanoy@uncw.edu (the best way to contact me! I do not have a voice mail in my office phone.) Homepage: http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. and by appointment. (You can reach me at 962-7575 during the office hour.) or request Zoom meeting.
CLASS: Date/Time /Location: Tue. & Thu. 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. at King 203 or Leutze Hall 253 (as necessary)
STUDENT
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
(SLOs):
SL 1.
Demonstrate
proficiency
in
speaking
and
listening
under
the
conversational
topics
such
as
talking
about
family
and
generational
differences,
hometown
and
climate,
and
economic
and
financial
issues
in
Japan.
SL 2.
Comprehend
texts
written
in
authentic
Japanese
writing
styles.
Demonstrate
basic
writing
skills
in
Hiragana,
Katakana
and
Kanji.
Read
and
draw
information
from
texts
written
in
Japanese
on
previously
learned
topics
in
intermediate
level
Japanese
and
answers
in
English
to
show
understandings.
SL 3.
Demonstrate
knowledge
of
the
historical,
political,
and
social
realities
of Japan
and
its
culture.
SL 4.
Demonstrate
the
ability
to
examine
Japanese
society
in
a
comparative
context
and
to
understand
one’s
own
society
in
the
context
of
Japanese
societies
in
the
world.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
and
DESCRIPTION:
The
above
objectives
and
SLOs
will
be
achieved
through
intensive
listening
and
speaking
practices
in
and
outside
the
class
with
authentic
cultural
products
and
knowledge.
Learning
strategies
include
learning/using
daily
vocabulary
and
complex
grammar;
working
on
situational
conversation;
creating
and
taking
quizzes;
and
turning
in
assignments.
Discussion
topics
include
but
not
limited
to
Japanese
tradition/historical
facts,
cultural
practices,
mannerism,
society
and
culture
in
general
to
acquire
cross
cultural
awareness
in
the
context
of
comparing
those
of
one’s
own
with
others
and
broaden
their
understanding
of
the
world.
Skills
in
order
to
become
a
life
long
autonomous
learner
will
be
emphasized
through
the
project
"creating a web site and YouTube video in Japanese" and its
presentation
to
the
native
Japanese.
The
course
will
COURSE
MATERIALS:
1.
Materials
on
the
web
site.
https://people.uncw.edu/kanoy
2.
Reference
book
(required):
Dictionary
of
Basic
Japanese
Grammar,
Seiichi
Makino
and
Michio
Tsutsui,
The
Japan
Times
5.
A
binder
to
organize
the
submitted
assignments.
6.
Bring your own laptop to
classes as necessary.
World Language Resource Center (WLRC):
http://www.uncw.edu/fll/aboutresource.html
Required
to
do
some
assignments
on
the
web
if you
do
not
have
an
access
to
a
computer
or a
high
speed
internet
service
in
your
residence.
.
Location:
Leutze
Hall,
2nd
floor,
Room #
253
Time
:
(Refer
to
the
lab
schedule
posted
on
the
FLRC
door
or
refer
to
the
above
FLRC
web
site
at
http://www.uncw.edu/fll/FLRC.html
Also,
please
read/refer
to
the
FLRC
usage
Guidelines
on
the
above
web
site.
Computer Labs on campus:
http://uncw.edu/itsd/services/labs/ComputerLabs.html
Some
assignments
and
listening
practices
on
the
web
can
be
done
at a
computer
lab
on
campus
if
you
do
not
have
an
access
to
a
computer or
a
high
speed
internet
service
in
your
residence.
GRADING
SYSTEM:
If
you
miss
two
bi-weekly writing
assignments
due on Mondays
(meaning
you are
behind
more
than
four
weeks),
you
will
automatically
fail
the
course.
Quiz (vocabulary) 15%
Test (writing sentences) 25%
Final Draft 10%
Presentation 10%
Brochure 10 % (Your work must be selected into the brochure by due date to receive this grade.)
Survey 10% (Grade variation is determined according to how well-thought a plan to improve themselves.
Grading criteria for the Test:
A: Wrote sentences using the newly learned vocabulary and grammar of the semester.
B: The same as above but have critical mistakes.
C: Wrote sentences but missed the newly learned vocabulary and grammar of the semester.
D: Tried to write sentences but some of them did not make sense and missed
the newly learned vocabulary and grammar of the semester.
F: The sentences do not make sense or they are not written.
GRADING
SCALE
(at
FLL,
UNCW):
A
=
93
and
above
(there
is
no
A+)
A
= 92,91,90
|
B+
=
89,88,87 |
B
= 86,85,84,83 |
B
=
82,81,80 |
|
C+
=
79,78,77 |
C
= 76,75,74,73 |
C
=
72,71,70 |
|
D+
=
69,68,67 |
D
= 66,65,64,63 |
D
=62,61,60 |
REQUIREMENTS:
