Fall, 2024

CLASS TIMES:           MWF   9:30am – 10:30am (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

TEXTBOOKS:             An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese GenkiⅠ
                                  An Integrated Course in ElementaryJapanese GenkiI 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 Objectives:

To learn the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) and basic grammar patterns, including present and past tense in adjectives and verbs in all three modes of communications (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational). 

Course Description:

• All information (course schedule, course syllabus and lesson schedule, and activity information etc.) is on Moodle (http://moodle.lafayette.edu/), so you should visit every time you prepare for class. Ignorance of a scheduled quiz or test is NOT acceptable.
• For the project, each student will produce a video (Fotomagico) of their autobiography, rendered in Japanese. The details will be explained later of the semester.
• 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 L6 will be scheduled during the exam period in December.
• After finishing your workbook homework, please submit the assigned page, not a whole workbook.
• All lesson homework should be submitted by the date of its lesson test. No late homework will be accepted.

Student Learning Outcomes:                     

The students will master Lessons 1-6 in An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Genki I in this semester.  At the end of the semester the students will:

• Recognize basic grammatical patterns.
• Demonstrate an active knowledge of useful expressions, Hiragana, Katakana and about 60 Kanji.
• Be able to conduct basic everyday conversations, including real-life contexts of greetings, counting, describing things, explaining daily activities, requesting, making plans, and shopping.