Fall 2022 - JAPN 300 E100

Intermediate Japanese I (3)

Class Number: 7760

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Wed, Fri, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Prerequisites:

    JAPN 201 or by permission of the department

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Comprehension of intellectually oriented materials, processing information needed for judgment and decision making, and expression of inner feelings and thoughts.

COURSE DETAILS:

PLEASE NOTE: Tutorials start in week one and all students are required to attend the first. 

The course concentrates on the development of listening and speaking skills of students who have established a fundamental grammar knowledge in Japanese language. The course textbook provides ample authentic conversation and speech models on nine different topics. These models including colloquial expressions are recorded at close to natural speech level. While each topic introduces an extensive amount of new vocabulary, students are encouraged to build strategies that allow them to accomplish tasks by picking up necessary information, instead by understating every single word. The course is guided by the JF standards for Japanese Language Education and follows its can-do lists to measure the level and the course outcomes. Thus, the goal of the course is to reach the B1 level. The B1 level is described as follows.

B1 Level (https://jfstandard.jp/summaryen/ja/render.do)

  • Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, lecture etc.
  • Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in an area where the language is spoken.
  • Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
  • Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

STUDENT SUITABILTY FOR THIS COURSE

Students must have taken JAPN 201 or conduct a placement interview.  Students who have completed JAPN 301, and 351 can also register but must receive course placement from the Course Chair, Naoko Takei (ntakei@sfu.ca) prior to registering. Course participants are expected to be able to read at least 300 kanji (Chinese characters), and to follow instructions in Japanese.

Grading

  • Vocabulary Quiz 10%
  • Listening test 10%
  • Writing Assignment 12%
  • Shadowing recording 8%
  • Oral test (10% x 2) 20%
  • Written test (8% x3) 24%
  • Project 16%

NOTES:

GRADING SCALE

100 – 96 = A+                 86 – 83 = B+                 74 –70 = C+                 58 – 50 = D       

  95 – 91 = A                   82 – 79 = B                   69 – 65 = C                  49 –  0 = F

  90 – 87 = A-                  78 – 75 = B-                  64 – 59 = C-

*Grades are based on individual students’ achievement and not on comparison with other students.

 

 

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Marugoto: Japanese language and culture Intermediate1 B1 / whole word of Japan and intermediate 1 B1, ISBN-13 : 978-4384057591
ISBN: 978-4384057591

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html