Fall, 2024

CLASS TIMES:          MWF 10:35am – 11:25am (Main class) at Pardee 102A

INSTRUCTOR:          Naoko Ikegami           ikegamin@lafayette.edu
OFFICE:                    Pardee 406 x5960
OFFICE HOURS:       Mondays and Fridays 8:00am – 9:00am and/or by appointment            TA:                            Yuko Tanaka              tanakay@lafayette.edu

TEXTBOOKS:           An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese GenkiⅡ
                                An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese GenkiⅡ Workbook
                                The Japan Times (http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/self.en.html)

                                  Audio materials (available at Foreign Lang & Lit Resource Center)
                                  http://www.ncsu.edu/project/japaneseonline/JpOnline.htm
                                  http://www.csulb.edu/web/labs/langlabs/listen/Genki/

Course Object:

• All information (course schedule, course syllabus and lesson schedule, and activity information etc.) is on Moodle (http://moodle.lafayette.edu/); so, you should visit the course Moodle site every time you prepare for class. Ignorance of a scheduled quiz or test is NOT an acceptable excuse.
• For the project students will make a flyer for a Japanese trip by Google Slide and the students will have a presentation at the end of the semester. The details will be explained in the class.
• There will be five 50-minute tests after each lesson and there will also be two 10-minutes oral tests every after three lessons.
• The final exam including L18 will be scheduled during the exam period in December.
• After finishing your workbook homework, please submit the assigned page only, not a whole workbook.
• All lesson homework should be submitted by the date of its lesson test. No late homework will be accepted.

Course Description:

Review and expansion of basic grammar and vocabulary. Improvement of the three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretive and presentational) in order to cultivate overall Japanese language ability. Short literary and cultural readings. Attention to developing a deeper understanding of the culture of Japan. Prerequisite: Japanese 101–102 or equivalent proficiency.

Student Learning Outcomes:

The focus of Intermediate Japanese 111 is both linguistic and cultural. This semester students will master Lessons 13-18 in An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Genki II, expand the number of recognizable grammatical patterns, and demonstrate active knowledge of 95 additional Kanji. Students will be able to conduct everyday conversations, including stating their own abilities to perform certain tasks or in general subject areas. (This is an important aspect of Japanese language and culture). Students also will learn how to request favors, invite friends, take messages, convey information to third parties (reported speech), narrate events, and describe states of affairs in greater detail than at the elementary level.

At the end of the semester students will be able to:

• Give examples of Japanese communities, values, history, behaviors, customs, or politics.
• Recognize personal attitudes and beliefs that are different from those commonly held in other cultures and communities.
• Select culturally appropriate expressions when interacting with native speakers.
• Reproduce the language skills necessary to interact in everyday situations that are likely to arise when traveling in areas that speak Japanese.
• Explain familiar words, phrases, sentences, and cultural themes in a variety of authentic texts (newspapers, cinema, art, music, literary extracts).
• Show evidence of using primary (oral or written) sources in the target language.