ELEMENTARY JAPANESE 3 Spring 2013209 Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles Department office:

290 Royce Hall; (310) 206-8235; www.alc.ucla.edu IMPORTANT: Please read carefully and ask if you have any questions. Language classes entail HARD WORK. Be ready to prepare at least ONE HOUR for each class hour.

Elementary Japanese 3 is the third course of the three-quarter sequence of elementary modern Japanese language. Students who are eligible to enroll in this course are (1) those who passed Japanese 2 at UCLA and (2) those who were placed into Japanese 3 by a placement exam within the past two academic years. If you have not taken J2 at UCLA, you MUST take the placement test administered by the Asian Languages and Cultures, which is scheduled on April 1 (see the information on the department website). If you are not eligible to enroll but your name is on the roster, please drop the course immediately. Failure to do so will result in a grade of F at the end of the quarter. Auditors are allowed neither in lectures nor in the discussion sections. I. Teaching Staff

Lectures (T, Th)

Lec1 (9:3010 a.m) and Lec 2 (11:00 a.m) Asako Hayashi Takakura

asakoha@humnet.ucla.edu
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 12:50-1:50 Discussion Sections (M, W, F) Mari Ishida, Mariko Takano, Ayano TakeuchiMayumi Ajioka, Kirk KanesakaYoshiko Fukuyasu, Michiko Kaneyasu B02 Royce, (310) 206-5014. e-mails: TBA

When you want to communicate with instructors by e-mail, please put J3 at the beginning of the subject of the mail. We occasionally send e-mails to the class to inform you regarding the class activities and tests, so please update your most current active e-mail address on URSA. II. Textbooks

1. Genki: An integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Vol.1 and 2 (20111999). The Japan Times. (Lessons 12 through 17) 2. Workbook, Vol. 1 and 2 (201100). The Japan Times.

* You should have Genki Vol. 2 (new edition) by April 11, 2013. III. Course Objectives

The over-all objective of the three-quarter sequence of Elementary Japanese is to introduce the sound system, basic grammatical structures, vocabulary, and writing systems of present-day Japanese. In one year, students will be functional in Japanese in common situations in daily lives. Students will develop listening/speaking and reading/writing skills for this purpose. The objectives of the third quarter are: (1) To be able to respond to familiar situations spontaneously in Japanese; (2) To learn about 100 new kanji characters both reading and writing; (3) To read and write short passages in hiragana, katakana, and kanji. IV. Attendance, Participation, and Responsibilities

Each student is required to attend lectures for 2 hours/week (T&Th) during which new grammatical structures and kanji will be introduced and explained. Students are encouraged to ask questions during the lecture concerning grammar points and reading materials. Practice in the lecture sections will focus on pair oral practice and reading in the textbook.reading and writing skills. Each student must also attend discussion sections for 3 hours/week (M, W, F) during which grammatical points and expressions introduced in lecture will be practiced and applied in everyday situations. In discussion sections, students are expected to use Japanese ONLY. The focus of the discussion section is the development of listening and speaking skills. Coming to class regularly and on time is essential to successful learning in this course. If you miss classes any reason, you should be responsible to make up the class content. We will start taking attendance from Monday of the second week (04/06/09). (If you are not officially enrolled, you must give your name each time to your instructor until we make the final decision as to your enrollment.) IMPORTANT! Students are NOT ALLOWED to use English during the discussion section. Excessive use of English in discussion sections will be counted against your grade of in-class performance. Any questions or requests for clarification concerning grammar should be asked during the lectures as well as the instructors office hours. Coming to class regularly and on time is essential to successful learning in this course. If you miss classes any reason, you should be responsible to make up the class content. We will start taking attendance from Monday of the second week (04/09/12). V. Assignments, Quizzes, and Tests

It is the student's responsibility to check the due dates on the Daily Schedule. Incomplete homework will receive only partial credit. As for homework submission, it is your responsibility

to check your answers with answer keys uploaded on the course website (CCLE course site) prior to turning in the grammar section of the workbook. If you know you will have to miss a class in advance, you may leave your homework in your discussion instructor's mailbox in the TA office prior to the due date. We will drop the lowest scores of 3 quizzes at the end. Therefore, (any lowest three of kanji, vocabulary, or grammar) and 1 oral presentation. (No chapter test will be dropped.) yYou r do not have to make a request to make up for the quiz is not granted until you miss more than four times. You are required to write an official letter addressing to Professor Asako Hayashi Takakura Shoichi Iwasaki (Japanese Language Coordinator) when you request to make up any quizzes and exams. You must take final exams, chapter tests, and quizzes in your registered section ONLY. If you have a legitimate reason for missing a class, you must submit a written notice to your instructor with appropriate documentation. Your instructor will keep a record of such information and may provide some make-up opportunity at a later time. You must take the on-line final written exam within the assigned period in the final week. The procedure of taking on-line exam will be announced on the CCLE course site in the Week 9.

VI. Academic Integrity All students must uphold University of California Standards of Student Conduct as administered by the Office of the Dean of Students (http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/). Students are subject to disciplinary action for several types of misconduct or attempted misconduct, including but not limited to dishonesty such as cheating, multiple submission, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information. VII. Grading

The final course grade will be based on the percentage system of the points accumulated during the quarter, according to the following scale. Final Exams including the Oral Test 208% Chapter Tests (3) 24% 5%

Mid-term group interview test Quizzes (15-3=12) 12% 9%

Oral Presentations (4-1=3)

Creative Skit (Voice Over) Homework assignments Sakubun (2) 6%

6% 10%

In-class performance 85% 100% Letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale:
A+ 98-100 with exceptional performance A 95-100 A- 90-94 B+ 88-89 B 82-87 B- 80-81 C+ 78-79 C 72-77 C- 70-71 D+ 68-69 D 62-67 D- 60-61 F Below 60 P (C or better) S (B or better)

The minimum required grade to go on to the next course in the series for all language courses in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is a C. If you receive a C- or below, you are not allowed to continue the study of Japanese. If you wish to continue, you must repeat the course next year, or take the summer session to complete the course before you proceed.

***The Language Program Coordinators for Japanese, Prof. Shoichi Iwasaki (iwasaki@humnet.ucla.edu) and Yumiko Kawanishi (kawanishi@humnet.ucla.edu) welcome your comments, questions, or suggestions regarding your experiences in learning Japanese at UCLA. You also can contact the Vice Chair of ALC, Professor George Dutton dutton@humnet.ucla.edu).

The Japanese Language Program Coordinator, Professor Shoichi Iwasaki (iwasaki@humnet.ucla.edu), welcomes your comments, questions, or suggestions regarding your experiences in learning Japanese at UCLA.