HCDE 462
Japanese for Technical and Business Professions 2 (5 credits)
Winter Quarter 2013
1. Course outline
This is the second course of the “Japanese for Technical and Business Professions” sequence.
In this course, students improve skills for analyzing complex sentence structures, and learn skills
(such as prediction) for more effective reading. Additional grammar, vocabulary and kanji
necessary for reading technology-related materials are introduced. Students also improve
functional conversation skills, both verbal and non-verbal, and apply these skills to more
advanced technical and business communication situations. Students also learn the cultural
concepts underlying these situations.
2. Objectives
- To review and strengthen basic grammar, vocabulary and kanji
- To increase reading accuracy
- To expand vocabulary and kanji
- To develop functional conversation skills in basic technical and business
communication situations
- To understand the cultural concepts underlying these situations
- To become able to control speech levels in these situations
- To become able to make short speeches and reports effectively
3. Instructor
Masashi Kato
210 Sieg Hall, 543-8524
mkato@u.washington.edu
4. Meeting hours and classroom
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Loew 219
9:00 – 10:20 a.m.
5. Office hours
By appointment.
6. Textbook
No textbook is used. Check the Schedule below to find what materials you need to study before
each class and download them from the HCDE 462 Catalyst site. YOU MUST BRING ALL
THE NECESSARY MATERIALS TO EACH CLASS.
7. In-class activities
- Reading on general technology-related topics
- Discussion on the content of reading materials
- Lectures on grammar, lexical items, and reading skills
- Grammar drills
- Model dialogue practice
- Role plays and simulation practices (including occasional videotaping)
- Short speech and oral presentation
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- Lectures on Japanese society and business culture
- Discussion on current issues in Japan
- Unit quizzes
8. Outside-class activities
- Reading an assigned text before each class
- Doing exercises for sentence structure analysis and translation/interpretation
- Completing study questions
- Doing grammar drills
- Writing assignments using Japanese e-mail
- Practicing model dialogue using Language Partner
(http://128.95.202.87/flashcom/applications/lp_all/lp.html)
- Studying cultural background information
- Reviewing oral performance videos (at HCDE Student Lab)
9. Exams and quizzes
- Midterm and final Exams
- Unit quizzes
10. Grading
Midterm examination
Final examination
Quizzes
- Make-up allowed only for an excused absence
Homework and assignments
- 60% of credit given for a late assignment
Classroom performance
- group work participation (including discussion)
- mastery check of model dialogues
- role plays and simulations
- short speeches and presentations
- missed classroom performance due to unexcused
absences and tardies cannot be made up
25%
25%
15%
20%
15%
"If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924
(V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Students Services indicating you
have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the
letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for class."
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11. Schedule
Week 1
January 7 (Mon)
Introduction to HCDE 462
HCDE461 Final Exam review
Grammar: Causative form verb + give/receive verbs (review)
Culture: Oshogatsu
January 9 (Wed)
Review activity
Reading: newspaper articles
Oral: Oral Report (key expressions)
Oral: Clarification (Conversation Strategy)
January 11 (Fri)
Review activity
Reading: newspaper articles
Oral: Oral Report (practice)
Due today (class): Article report
Week 2
January 14 (Mon)
Reading: Sleep and Health
Oral: Telephoning and Telephoned (4 model dialogues)
Due today (class): Study Questions (1)
Due today (class): LP Mastery Check – Telephoning and Telephoned (4 model dialogues)
January 16 (Wed)
Reading: Sleep and Health
Oral: Telephoning and Telephoned (4 model dialogues)
Grammar: "koto" and "no"
January 18 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (1)
Reading: Sleep and Health
Oral: Telephoning and Telephoned (role plays)
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Week 3
January 21 (Mon) - No school (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
Due today (11:00 p.m.): Essay 1 (“Light Alarm Clock” article summary)
January 23 (Wed)
Reading: Sleep and Health
Oral: Telephoning and Telephoned (role plays)
Article reports: Valerie Chun, Cody Beck, Catherine Bass
January 25 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (2)
Reading: Sleep and Health
Oral: Telephoning and Telephoned (role plays)
Week 4
January 28 (Mon)
Reading: Recycling and Environment
Oral: Interview
Internship reports: Jeena Huneidi, Greg Cobb, Oscar Castaneda
Due today (class): Study Questions (2-1)
January 30 (Wed)
Reading: Recycling and Environment
Oral: Interview practice (Questions 1-10)
Grammar: Conjunctions (1)
Due today (class): Your responses to Interview questions 1-10
Article reports: Remi Bernotavicius, Mei Kwan, Samuel Lee
February 1 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (3)
Reading: Recycling and Environment
Oral: Interview practice (Questions 11-20)
Due today (class): Your responses to Interview questions 11-20
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Week 5
February 4 (Mon)
Reading: Recycling and Environment
Oral: Interview with teacher
Due today (class): Study Questions (2-2)
February 6 (Wed)
Reading: Recycling and Environment
Oral: Interview with teacher
Due today (class): Homework (“Recycling and Environment” English translation)
Article reports: Melody Hsu, Nathan Henrickson, Mariko Ota
February 8 (Fri)
Midterm Examination (9:00 – 10:20)
Week 6
February 11 (Mon)
Reading: Biometrics and Privacy
Oral: Admonition (model dialogues)
Due today (class): LP Mastery Check – Admonition (Crossing legs, Jason's lines)
Due today (class): Study Questions (3-1)
February 13 (Wed)
Reading: Biometrics and Privacy
Oral: Admonition (role plays)
Grammar: Prefix and Suffix
Article reports: Emily Ikeda, Brenton Buchanan, Ruby Whiting
February 15 (Fri)
Study: Biometrics and Privacy
Study: Admonition (role plays)
Due Sunday (11:00 p.m.): Essay 2 (the 1st draft on "Ecotainer at UW")
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Week 7
February 18 (Mon) - No School (Presidents’ Day)
February 20 (Wed)
Reading: Biometrics and Privacy
Oral: Opinions (role plays)
Grammar: Conjunctions (2)
Due today (class) : Study Questions (3-2)
Article reports: Kanade Ishikawa, Nathan Stackpoole, Joyce Shangkuan
February 22 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (4)
Reading: Biometrics and Privacy
Oral: Opinions (role plays)
Due Sunday (11:00 p.m.): Essay 2 (the final draft on "Ecotainer at UW")
Week 8
February 25 (Mon)
Reading: Gender Issues in Japan
Comprehension Check (4-1) on the reading assignment
Oral: Oral report using graphics (key expressions)
Due today (class): Bring an article with graph(s) for your oral report
February 27 (Wed)
Reading: Gender Issues in Japan
Comprehension Check (4-2) on the reading assignment
Oral: Oral report using graphics (practice)
Article reports: Hanna Rosenstein, Shawn Stern, Yifan Wang
March 1 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (5)
Reading: Gender issues in Japan
Comprehension Check (4-3) on the reading assignment
Oral: Oral report using graphics (practice)
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Week 9
March 4 (Mon)
Reading: Gender issues in Japan
Comprehension Check (4-4) on the reading assignment
Oral: Oral report using graphics (present in groups)
March 6 (Wed)
Reading: Gender issues in Japan
Comprehension Check (4-5) on the reading assignment
Oral: Oral report using graphics (present in groups)
Grammar: Function words and idiomatic expressions
Article reports: Johanna Nishioka, John Verzemnieks, Katherine Tanoto
March 8 (Fri)
Unit Quiz (6)
Reading: Gender issues in Japan
Oral: Oral report using graphics (present in groups)
Week 10
March 11 (Mon)
Reading and Oral: Review activities
Oral: Oral report using graphics (present in groups)
March 13 (Wed)
Reading and Oral: Review and drills for Final Examination
Course evaluation
March 15 (Fri)
Final Examination (9:00 – 10:20)
Due Sunday (11:00 p.m.): Take-home final essay ("How to brake Shoshi-ka?")
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