Queens College - Fall 2011 - Japanese 203

section: TBA; code: 3839; time: Tues & Fri 12:15~13:30, room: Rath 201

instructor: Tomoyuki Yabe; e-mail: prof.yabe*at*gmail*dot*com

office & hours: Tues & Fri 15:00-15:30 @ King 203
tel: tba

Welcome to the course!

Goal:

This is the third introductory course in the Modern Japanese language. You should have successfully finished the first two Japanese courses or have talked to me about your knowledge or previous experiences with Japanese. In this course, students will continue with handouts based on なかま２(the first edition, not required). Students will study several hundred Chinese characters. Details of lesson plans, assignments, quizzes, and exams will be announced on the course website. Therefore, students are required to check the website frequently. The computer lab in King 203 is available to all the students of the Japanese courses. Assignment due dates must be strictly followed. There will be penalties for late assignments.

Class Webpages:

http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~tyabe/

Textbook:

Nakama 2 (ISBN 0669285048) Not required.


|Handout: Chap 12| |Handout: Chap 01| |Handout: Chap 02|

Grading:

(30% final exam) + (20% mid-term) + (15% participation and attendance) + (20% assignments) + (15% quizzes/homework) - If you get an F in more than two of the above, you will not pass the course. *Being late more than 30 minutes will be considered as absent.

Assignments & Homework

Homework and assignments (4 writing assignments) are assigned and announced in the class or on this webpage. The wrting assignment drafts always must be hand-written. A digital version is never accepted for this course. A digital submission of a scanned pdf copy is not accepted until you are instructed to do so.
• Verb Review |LINK|

Quizzes

Given weekly and announced in the calss and/or on this page.

Useful Materials & Links:


Schdule:

TuesdayFriday
- week 01 (08/26/11)
  • Introduction
  • Review: predicates |LINK|
  • 〜たり〜たりします (vs. 〜て 〜て ...) (Nakama1 P 492~)
  • 〜たことがある/one has done before ... (Nakama1 P 492~)
  • Chap 12 |HANDOUT|(form the old Edition)
  • Wrting Assignment 1 |LINK|
week 02 (08/30/11)
  • Chap 12 |HANDOUT|(from the old Edition)
  • [V.plain + Noun] (Nakama 1 P503~)
  • [duration-に + ~回/かい (frequency)] (Nakama 1 P497~)
 week 02 (09/02/11)
  • Homework 1.1:Activities from the Chap 12 of your Nakama 1 (2 ed.) - (i) For Activity 2 on P494, grab on a sheet of paper and write out your answer to each sentence from the Bingo slots based on your own experience (sorry, you are not playing Bingo here); (ii) Activity 3 on P495; (iii) Activity 4 on P495, ask and answer yourself these questions as in the example.
  • Homework 1.2:Activities from the Chap 12 of your Nakama 1 (2 ed.) - (i) Activity 1 on P498, write the 8 sentences; (ii) for Acitivity 2 on P 498, write your own answers for the 5 questions; (iii) from the Chap12 Handout, do れんしゅう０ on P1.
week 03 (09/06/11)
  • Wrting Assignment 1: a draft is due today. |LINK|
  • Quiz 01: On the predicate conjugations from the review |LINK|
 week 03 (09/09/11)
  • Homework 2: Chap12, (handout) れんしゅう１,２,３,４,７
Week 4 (09/13/11)
  • Quiz 02: 漢字 from Chap12 of Nakama 1 (the textbook you have) P509-511: 春〜回
 Week 4 (09/16)
  • Homework 3: Chap12, (handout) れんしゅう１４, １７: make 3 sets of sentences, １８: make 3 sets of sentences.
  • -
Week 5 (09/20)
  • Quiz 03: 漢字 from Chap11 of Nakama 1 (the textbook you have) P465-466: 天〜冷
  • Wrting Assignment 1: the final draft is due today. |LINK|
  • Homework 4: Chap12, (handout) れんしゅう ８, ９, １3 write two sets of conversation.
 Week 5 (09/23)
  • Homework 5: Chap12, (handout) れんしゅう 24 write four sets of conversation; Chap 1, れんしゅう ３~６.
  • -
Week 6 (09/27)
  • CLASS CANCELLED
 Week 6 (09/30)
  • NO CLASS (CUNY)
Week 7 (10/04) CUNY Friday
  • CLASS CANCELLED
 Week 7 (10/7)
  • NO CLASS (CUNY)
Week 8 (10/11)
  • Homework 6: Chap 1, れんしゅう 7, 8 (add はれる くもる as well), 9, 10, 11 and 12 (5.3 and 6.2).
  • Quiz 4: the potential forms of the る and the four types of う verbs (plain forms).
  • Wrting Assignment 2: a draft is due today. |LINK|
 Week 8 (10/14)
  • Hughes Sensei's Page: http://mamori.com/j203/ |LINK|
  • Quiz 5: Adjectives and です (Study p.4-6 of the "verb review" document |LINK|)
Week 9 (10/18)
Week 9 (10/21)
Week 10 (10/25)
  • Wrting Assignment 2: The final draft is due today. |LINK|
 Week 10 (10/28)
Week 11 (11/01)
  • Midterm
 Week 11 (11/04)
Go to
  • Hughes Sensei's Page: http://mamori.com/j203/ |LINK|