Portal   Course Title: Elementary Japanese 1
Spring 2011
You must study the items listed under "Before Class" AND prepare
your responses to prompts on Class Session page BEFORE each class.

----- Schedule is subject to change -----

All homework is due
in class.
  Contents (Click to Jump)    
   

Cover Page
Lesson 1: Greetings, Courtesy and Useful Expressions
Lesson 2: Japanese Writing System
Lesson 3: Meeting Others and Introducing Yourself
Lesson 4: Identifying Objects and People
Lesson 5: Locations of Objects and People
Lesson 6: Discussing Daily Activities

   
Week 1
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
Cover Page
X/XX
(Mon)
L. 1: Greetings, Courtesy, and Useful Expressions


Orientation
Read Syllabus
Class Session for L. 1  
  Classroom Instructions 1: ● /kiite kudasai/
● /(mou ichido) itte kudasai/
● /kotaete kudasai/
● /...-san ni kiite kudasai/
 
  Classroom Instructions 2: ● /ii desu ka?/
● /ii desu nee/
● /yoku dekimashita/
● /mite kudasai/
● /kaite kudasai/
● /yonde kudasai/
 
   Responding to the Teacher: ● /X-san/ ⇒ /hai/  
  Classroom Instruction Summary    
X/XX
(Tue
)
  Dialogues 1-3: Class Session for L. 1--continued
● /ohayou (gozaimasu)/
● /konnichi wa/
 
  Dialogues 4-5: ● /konban wa/
● /oyasuminasai/
 
  Dialogues 6-7: ● /sayounara/ -- /shitsureishimasu/
● /jaa, mata (ne)/ -- /un, baibai/
 
X/XX
(Thu)
  Dialogues 8-10 ● /douzo/ -- /doumo/
● /douzo/ -- /arigatou/
● /douzo/ -- /doumo arigatou/
 
  Dialogues 11-12: ● /onegaishimasu/ -- /douzo/ -- /doumo/
● /onegaishimasu/ -- /hai, douzo/
-- /arigatou gozaimasu/
 
  Dialogue 13: ● /a/ -- /doumo arigatou gozaimasu/
-- /dou itashimashite/
● /doumo sumimasen/
 
X/XX
(Fri)
  Self-Test 1
Self-Test 2
Grammar Notes for L.1
Vocabulary Summary for L.1
Review  
Week 2
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
L. 2: Japanese Writing Systems
  Additional Classroom Instructions and Tool
for Practicing Handrwritng

Hiragana Chart
Pronunciation Practice 1
Stroke Endings
Diacritics
Diacritics Practice
Voiceless /i/ and /u/
Syllabic /nn/
Double Vowels
Double Vowel Practice

Class Session for L.2 (Hiranaga)

 
X/XX
(Tue)
  Hiragana Mnemonic
Hiragana Memorization
Similar but Different (Hiragana)
Grammar Notes for L. 2

Class Session for L.2 (Hiragana)--continued

 
X/XX
(Thu)
 

Double Consonants
Double Consonant Practice
Horizontal vs. Vertical Writing
Glides
Glide Practice

Class Session for L.2 (Hiragana)--continued: が~じょ

HH1
X/XX
(Fri)

  Self Test 1
Self Test 2-Fill (Requires typing in Japanese)
Class Session for L.2 (Hiragana)--continued HH2
Week 3
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
  Offical School Holiday    
X/XX
(Tue)
 

Katakana Chart
Pronunciation Practice 1
Stroke Directions and Angles
Diacritics
Similar but Different (Katakana)


Class Session for L.2 (Katakana) HH3
X/XX
(Thu)
  Double Vowels and Double Consonants
Horizontal vs. Vertical Writing
Glides and Practice
  HH4
X/XX
(Fri)
  Katakana Mnemonic
Katakana Memorization
Foreign Words
Self Test 3
To prepare for Hiragana Quiz, go back to Lesson 1
and study the phrases written in Japanese.
Hiragana Quiz (Sample Quiz) KH1
Week 4
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
 

Typing in Japanese (1)
Self Test 4--Fill (Requires typing in Japanese)
Self Test 5
Grammar Notes for L.2
Vocabulary Summary for L.2

Typing in Japanese (1) (Bring your laptop to class.)
Other tools (Online Dictionaries, etc.)
KH2
X/XX
(Tue)
L. 3: Meeting Others and Introducing Yourself
  Dialogue 1: Introduction
Class Session for L. 3
● はじめまして/どうぞよろしく/こちらこそ
● Noun sentence: N + です (Review)

  Dialogue 2: Meeting Someone & Introducing Yourself ● すみません
● Addressing others: ~さん
● Question marker か (Review)
● Affirmative answer to N sentences: ええ、そうです


  Dialogue 3: Asking Someone's Nationality ● Affirmative answer: はい、そうです
● Country じん
 
  Dialogue 4: Confirming Someone's Name
Self Test 1
Self Test 2
● Name せんせい
● Negative answer to N sentences: いいえ、ちがいます
● しつれいしました
 
X/XX
(Thu)
  Dialogue 5: Asking for Someone's Name

Katakana Quiz (Sample Quiz)
Class Session for L. 3--continued
● お+N
● Topic marker は: Nは?
● Origin から: Place + から きました
● だいがくは どこ/どちらですか

 
X/XX
(Fri)
  Dialogue 6: Business Introduction
Self Test 3
Class Session for L. 3--continued
● わたし
● Affiliation marker の: X + の + Y
● Business Cards
 
 

Dialogue 7: Asking Someone's Major

● Xは Yです。わたしは がくせいです。
● せんこうは なんですか。 ⇒ ~です。
● Negative answer: N + じゃありません
or N + じゃないです
● なんねんせい/Number ねんせい
Discuss Presentation I (Guideline 1)

 
Week 5
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
 

Dialogue 8: Asking One Another

Class Session for L. 3--continued
Particle も
● Connecting nouns with と (Nと N)
● Relating sentences with そして

Pres. 1st Draft
GH3 (Optional early deadline)

X/XX
(Tue)
  Grammar Notes for L.3
Vocabulary Summary for L.3
● Review of L.3
GH3
X/XX
(Thu)
    Chapter Test 3
X/XX
(Fri)
    Presentation 1 (Guideline 1) Pres. Ppt. File
(Upload to T-Square)
Pres. Final Draft
Week 6
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
L. 4: Identifying Objects and People
 

Grammar: Demonstrative Pronouns (こそあど)
Objects in a classroom

Class Session for L. 4
● これ、それ、あれ、どれ
● どれですか
● Object names in a classroom (Preview)


X/XX
(Tue)
  Dialogue 1: Is It a Hamburger?
Objects in a classroom---continued
Class Session for L. 4--continued
● ええ、Nです/いいえ、Nじゃありません (Review)
● Assertion (Sentence particle) よ
● そうですか
● NのN (Review)
● Object names in a classroom
 
X/XX
(Thu)
 

Dialogue 2: Asking how to say X in Japanese
Self Test 1 (Classroom Objects)
Self Test 2 (Demonstratives)
Objects in a room
Self Test 3 (Room Objects)

Class Session for L. 4--continued
● Xは にほんごで なんて いいますか
● Yって いいます
● い-Adj + N/い-Adj です
● Object names in a room
● Agreement particle ねえ: ~ですねえ
 
X/XX
(Fri)
 

Dialogue 3: Describing Objects 1
Self Test 8 (な-Adjectives)

Class Session for L. 4--continued
● だれの N
● い-Adj + N
● な-Adj です
● な-Adj じゃありません/じゃないです
● とても+Affirmative/あまり+Negative
● Agreement particle ねえ: ~ですねえ
GH4-1
Week 7
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
 

Dialogue 4: Describing Objects 2
Self Test 3 (い-Adjectives)
Self Test 4 (い-Adjectives)
Self Test 5 (い-Adjectives--Fill)
Self Test 6 (い-Adjectives--Fill)
Self Test 7 (い-Adjectives; Negative--Fill)

Class Session for L. 4--continued
● い-Adj です
● い-Adj くありません or くないです
● どんなN


X/XX
(Tue)
  Dialogue 4: Describing Objects 2--continued Class Session for L. 4--continued

GH4-2

X/XX
(Thu)
  Grammar Notes for L.4
Vocabulary Summary for L.4
● Review of L.4  
X/XX
(Fri)
    Chapter Test 4  
Week 8
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
L. 5: Locations of Objects and People
  Introduction to Kanji
Kanji Index
Kanji 5: 田, 中, 日, 本, 山, 上, 下 and 人
Dialogue 1: In the Parking Lot
Class Session for L. 5
● この+N、その+N、あの+N、どの+N
● N + の/い-Adj + の
 
X/XX
(Tue)

Dialogue 2: Describing People

● は and が
● いちばん せがたかい
● Question word どの
● しろい Tシャツの ひと
● だれ/だれの (Review)

 
X/XX
(Thu)
  Dialogue 3: On Campus
Self Test 8 (Listening) --- Do 1 through 3 only.
Self Test 12 (Bldg. Names)
Self Test 13 (Color/Bldg. Names)

Class Session for L. 5--continued
● Locに Inanimate objectが あります= Inanimate objectは Locです
● Inanimate objectは Locに あります
● Scrambling Rule

 
X/XX
(Fri)
  Dialogue 4: Today's Newspaper
Self Test 9 (Rooms Names & Gardens)
Self Test 10 (Word Order)
Self Test 11 (Listening)
Class Session for L. 5--continued
● Locに Animate objectが います
● Animate objectは Locに います
● すんでいます
GH5-1
Week 9
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
  Fall Student Recess    
X/XX
(Tue)
  Fall Student Recess    
X/XX
(Thu)
 

Dialogue 5: Around Town
Self Test 14 (Location Expressions)
Self Test 15 (Location Expressions--Fill)
Self Test 16 (Correcting Loc. Exp.--Fill)
Self Test 17 (Location Expressions)

Class Session for L. 5--continued
● (Locに) Xは ありません/いません
● Responding to negative questions
● こちち、そちら、あちら、どちら(+ のほう)
● Positional words
● More Building names
KH5 (Kanji)
X/XX
(Fri)
  Dialogue 5-Continued
Self Test 18 (Reading Comphrehension)
Class Session for L. 5--continued
● へやの どこ vs. どこの へや
GH5-2
Week 10
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
 

Grammar Notes for L.5
Vocabulary Summary for L.5

Class Session for L. 5--continued
● Listening Comprehension Practice for 5
 
X/XX
(Tue)
    ● Chapter Test 5 (Kanji Test 5 included)  
X/XX
(Thu)
L. 6: Discussing Daily Activities (6A)
  Kanji 6A: 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九 and 十
Dialogue 1: Asking Telephone Numbers
Self Test 1

Class Session 1 for L. 6A
● Pronouncing telephone numbers
● でんわばんごうは?(Fragments)
● ~ね? (Confirmation)
● Numbers 0 to 20

X/XX
(Fri)
  Dialogue 1-Continued
Self Test 2
● XのYのZ
● Counter ばん
● Sentence fillers: ええっと(ですね)
 
Week 11
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
  Dialogue 2: Talking about the Train Schedule
Self Test 3
Self Test 4
Self Test 5
Self Test 6
Self Test 7
Class Session 2 for L. 6A
● Counting up to 99
● Num-じ, なんじ?
● Num-ふん, なんぷん?, Num-じはん
● Time ごろ
● Length of time (Num-じかん, Num-ふん or ぷん)
● Duration ぐらい
 
X/XX
(Tue)
  Dialogue 2-Continued
Class Session 2 for L. 6A--continued


KH6A
X/XX
(Thu)
  Dialogue 3: Talking about the Class Schedule
Self Test 8
Self Test 9
Self Test 10

Class Session 2 for L. 6A--continued
● あさ, ひる, ごぜん, ごご, etc.
● Word order for time expressions
● Timeに Organized Activityが あります
● Timeに Organized Activityは ありません

GH6-1
X/XX
(Fri)
  Dialogue 3-Continued
Grammar Notes for L.6A
Vocabulary Summary for L.6A
Class Session 2 for L. 6A--continued
● Xは Timeに あります or Xは Timeです
● ~から~まで
● Review of L. 6A (+ Listening Comp)
 
Week 12
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
  L. 6: Discussing Daily Activities -- Continued (6B)
  Kanji 6B: 学, 生, 先, 私, 外, 大 and 小
Dialogue 4: Do you play with the dog often?

Verbs with no direct object/destination
Grammar: Verb Sentences 1
Class Session for L. 6B
● Verbs with no direct object/dest. (おきます, ねます, はじまります, あそびます)
● Specific Timeに + V
● Location of activityで + あそびます
● Person (or animal)と + あそびます

GH6-2

X/XX
(Tue)
  Review Verbs with no direct object/destination
Self Test 15
Self Test 18
Self Test 19
Self Test 20
Class Session for L. 6B-Continued
Days and Weeks
● Relative Time (きょう, あした, etc.) + V
● Length of time + V
● Day of week に + V
● いつ + V or なんようびに + V
● らいしゅう(or こんしゅう、しゅうまつ)の~ようび
● Kanji Test 6A
 
X/XX
(Thu)
  Dialogue 5: When do you come to school?
Verbs with destination
Grammar: Verb Sentences 2

Class Session for L. 6B-Continued
● Verbs with destination (きます, いきます, かえります, はいります)
● Destinationに/へ + V
● Personと + V

 
X/XX
( Fri)
  Review Verb Sentences (Group 2) Class Session for L. 6B-Continued KH6B
Week 13
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
 

Dialogue 6: Talking about One's Morning Routines
Verbs with direct object
Grammar: Verb Sentences 3
Self Test 1
Self Test 2
Self Test 3
Self Test 4

Class Session for L. 6B --continued
● Verbs with direct object (たべます, のみます, します, etc.)
● Objectを + V
● Personと + V
● Location of activityで + V
● Nします and Nをします
● Day of weekに + V
● Frequency + Affirmative V

 
X/XX
(Tue)
  Review Verb Sentences (Group 3)
Self Test 5
Self Test 6
Self Test 7
Self Test 8
Class Session for L. 6B --continued
● Relative time + V
● Frequency (あまり, ぜんぜん) + Negative V

● そうですねえ ("Well...")
GH6-3
X/XX
(Thu)
  Self Test 9
Self Test 10
Self Test 11
Self Test 12
Self Test 13
Self Test 14
Self Test 16
Self Test 17

Class Session for L. 6B --continued
● Topic marker は (e.g., わたし いきます。スミスさん?)
● Connective が/けど
Discuss Presentation II (Guideline 2)
● Kanji Test 6B

 
X/XX
(Fri)
 

Discuss your weekly schedule

Class Session for L. 6B --continued
● いつ + V
● まい~、こん~、らい~
● らいしゅうの~ようび
(こんしゅう、らいしゅう、しゅうまつ)
● [Specific/Absolute Time] します
vs. [Relative or Repeated Time Frame] します
● Length of time + V (e.g., 2じかん べんきょうします)
GH6-4
Week 14
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
   

Listening Comprehension
● Purposeに + いきます (e.g., かいものに いきます)

● Pres. 1st Draft
X/XX
(Tue)
  Grammar Notes for L.6B
Vocabulary Summary for L.6B
Review of L.6B GH6-5
X/XX
(Thu)
 

School Holiday

   
X/XX
(Fri)
  School Holiday
 
Week 15
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
    Presentation II (Guideline is here) Pres. Final Draft
(Submit in class)
Pres. Ppt. File
(Upload to T-Square)
X/XX
(Tue)
    Presentation II (Guideline is here) Pres. Final Draft
(Submit in class)
Pres. Ppt. File
(Upload to T-Square)
X/XX
(Thu)
    Presentation II (Guideline is here) Pres. Final Draft
(Submit in class)
Pres. Ppt. File
(Upload to T-Square)
X/XX
(Fri)
    ● Chapter Test 6A + 6B  
Week 16
Date   Before Class In Class Homework (Submit in Class)
X/XX
(Mon)
  Sample Final Exam (On T-Square) ● Review for Final Exam (Listening)  
X/XX
(Tue)
  Sample Final Exam (On T-Square) ● Review for Final Exam (Grammar)  
X/XX
(Thu)
  Sample Final Exam (On T-Square) ● Review for Final Exam (Grammar)  
X/XX
(Fri)
  Sample Final Exam (On T-Square) ● Review for Final Exam (Reading/Writing)  
Week 17 (Final Exam Week)
   

Final Exam (Primarily L.5 - L.6B)
Final Exam for JAPN 1001 will follow the MWF schedule listed in OSCAR.

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