COURSE SYLLABUS
Department of Food and Beverage Management
August, 2011
Course Name：Japanese I 日語(一)
Course Number：
□ Required
Credits：2
▓Optional
A. COURSE DESCRIPTION
To teach basic Japanese alphabet - 50 letters and simple daily conversation
and try to make students learn the most fundamental Japanese.
B. COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will learn the basic hiragana and katakana of Japanese alphabet - 50
letters.
2. Students will be able to speak simple Japanese.
C. WEIGHTS RELATED TO STUDENT’S CORE CAPABILITIES
School
level
Creativity
Competitivity
Benefaction
Morality
Communi
cation
weight
College
level
Knowledge and
skill
Health and
prevention
Environment
protection
Resource
Career
sustainability creativity
(D)
(E)
weight
Department
level
Inventive
Innovation
(A)
Knowledge
and skill
(B)
Healthy
cooking
(C)
weight
10
30
10
D. COURSE TOPICS
1. Reading and writing practice of hiragana
2. Reading and writing practice of katakana
3. Basic Japanese words
4. Basic Japanese conversation
E. TEACHING APPROACH
1. To associate and teach Japanese through lectures and video.
2. To learn and practice pronunciation in class.
20
30
F. GRADING PLAN
Grading
item
Participation
%
40%
Mid-term 30%
Final
40%
measurements
Sub-items
Descriptions
Assignments
20%
Well-organized and detail-oriented in
report.
Oral Quizzes
20%
Completeness of problem analysis.
Written Test
15%
Correctness and logic thinking.
Oral test
15%
Written Test
15%
Oral test
15%
Correctness and logic thinking.
G. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week
Chapter Contains
1
Reading and writing practice of hiragana and related words
2
Reading and writing practice of hiragana and related words
3
Reading and writing practice of katakana and related words
4
Reading and writing practice of katakana and related words
5
Reading and writing practice of katakana and related words
6
7
Basic question sentences
Lesson 1 はじめまして
8
Lesson 1 Conversation practice
9
Midterm
Lesson 2 ほんの気持ちです
10
11
12
13
14
quiz
Lesson 2 Conversation practice
Lesson 3 これを ください
Lesson 3 Conversation practice
Lesson 4 そちらは 何時から何時までですか
16
Lesson 4 Conversation practice
Lesson 5 甲子園へ 行きますか
17
Lesson 5 Conversation practice
18
Final
15
Note
H. TEXT AND REQUIRED SUPPLIES
大家的日本語 初級 I，フリーエネットワーク，2008，大新書局出版。
I. REFERENCES
According to teaching situations; new editions of books will be required.
J. PRE-REQUISITES
None.
K. ASSOCIATED TEACHING RESOURCES
Slides (by PowerPoint) are projected in class.
L. CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT
1. Regular attendance is expected, those who absent from class twice will result in an
obligatory study report and 2 points deduction from participation。
2. No late submission is allowed, violator is punished by 2 points deduction of his/her
classroom participation。
3. If you are required to leave the room due to emergency, please just do it quietly。
4. I do encourage and expect students to fully express themselves in class。
ATTACHMENT 1
The Two-way Specification Table of Midterm (Final) Exam
Exam
Midterm
Type
essays
30%
30%
20%
20%
0%
0%
100%
Final
essays
30%
30%
20%
20%
0%
0%
100%
Subtotal
essays
60%
60%
40%
40%
0%
0%
200%
60%
60%
40%
40%
0%
0%
Total
(for reference purpose only, not required if class is less than 2 years old.)
200%
memorization realization application analysis appreciation innovation
Total
ATTACHMENT 2
Rubrics for Midterm (Final) Exam
WEIGHTS RELATED TO
STUDENTS CORE
CAPABILITIES
1. Homework Assignments (60%)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
40%
30%
20%
5%
5%
2. Midterm Report (20%)
40%
30%
20%
5%
5%
3. Final Report (20%)
40%
30%
20%
5%
5%
(for reference purpose only.)