Japanese 261 and 262(Intermediate Japanese)

Time: 10:00AM every day
Texts: Introduction to Modern Japanese (lessons 16 - 30) by Osamu and Nobuko Mizutani, The Japan Times
Instructors: Ken Ujie(463-8901), Reiko Matsui (463-5832)
Upon completion of Intermediate courses(261 and 262), students should be able to:
1. Use Nelson's dictionary efficiently
2. Introduce themselves
3. Converse in simple Japanese
4. Read complicated stories using Nelson's dictionary
5. Sing and understand Japanese Karaoke songs
6. Read recipes in Japanese and cook Japanese food
7. Read and write approximately 400 kanji
8. Correspond with university students in Japan through e-mail
9. Use a Japanese word processor for Macintosh

Class Activities:
A week and a half is spent to cover each lesson. Tuesdays and Thursdays focus solely on oral drills. Mondays and Wednesdays are for: grammatical explanation of new patterns, translation practice, reading practice, and dialogue recitation. Students must complete an assignment before Friday classes, which meet in the language laboratory. During this time, they correspond with Japanese students through Eudora-J, a Japanese e-mail system, or view video clips and create summaries of them. At the conclusion of each lesson, a quiz is given on kanji and grammatical patterns.

Japanese 301 and 302(Advanced Japanese)

Time: 11:00 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Text: "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese" by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin, The Japan Times
Instructor: Ken Ujie(463-8901)
Upon completion of Advanced Japanese courses (301 and 302), students should be able to:
1. Express opinions and thoughts in Japanese
2. Recognize approximately 700 kanji
3. Correspond with university students in Japan through Eudora-J (Japanese e-mail system)
4. Summarize what they have learned in simple Japanese
5. Write their own home page in Japanese (optional)
6. Read home pages in Japanese using Nelson's dictionary
7. Study Japanese culture and customs independently using computer programs
Class Activities:
Monday and Wednesday are for in-class reading activities. After reading a story, students must ask one another questions concerning the content and summarize the tale in their own words. Friday classes occur in the language laboratory, where students explore Japanese culture and customs. Activities in the laborarory are similar to those completed in Japanese 261 and 262, but on a more advanced level. Students also have the opportunity to create their own home page, for display on the Internet entirely in Japanese. At the conclusion of each lesson a quiz is given on recognition of kanji characters.

Japanese 311 and 312(Literary Readings in Japanese)

Time: 1:00 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Texts: "An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese" by Akira Miura and Naomi Hanaoka McGloin, The Japan Times
Various newspaper articles
Instructor: Ken Ujie(463-8901)
Upon completion of Literary Reading in Japanese (311 and 312), students will be able to:
1. Converse comfortably and express opinions and thoughts in Japanese
2. Recognize approximately 1,000 kanji
3. Correspond with university students in Japan through Eudora-J
4. Make their own home page in Japanese
5. Study Japanese culture and customs independently, using computer programs and present findings to their classmates
6. Make computer drills for Intermediate Japanese students(optional)

Class Activities:
As in Japanese 301 and 302, Monday and Wednesday classes focus on reading and Fridays on studying in the language laboratory. Students create their own home page in Japanese, which includes a curriculum vitae and personal information. They also utilize computer assisted instructional materials, correspond with Japanese university students through Eudora-J and read home pages in Japanese to obtain information concerning the job market. A quiz on kanji recognition is given after each lesson.

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