I. Instructors
Yoshimi NAGAYA （長谷） Rm.14N-321, yoshimi@mit.edu
Ayumi NAGATOMI （永富） Rm.14N-236, ayumi@mit.edu
Ikue SHINGU （新宮） Rm.14N-232, ikue@mit.edu
(Office Hours)
Nagaya Mon. and Wed. 3.30-4.30pm and by appointment
Nagatomi Tue. and Thurs. 3.30-5pm and by appointment
Shingu Mon. and Thurs. 2-3.30pm and by appointment
II. Meeting Hours and Classrooms
Section 1 MTRF 9:00-10:00 Rm. 4-249
Section 2 MTRF 10:00-11:00
Rm. 4-249
Section 3 MTRF 12:00- 1:00
Rm. 4-249
Section 4 MTRF 1:00- 2:00 Rm. 4-249
* Please make sure
that you check Weekly Schedule on the Web regularly. There you'll find
updated information such as classroom changes.
III. Texts
* Japanese: the
Spoken Language, Part 1, by Eleanor H. Jorden
with Mari Noda, Yale University Press, l987 (available at Kendall Square
Coop)
* Kana-Kanji Version
of Japanese: the Spoken Language 7-12 (Available at MIT
Copy Tech, Rm.11-004)
IV. Online supplementary materials and
resources
Supplementary course materials
and other resources are available on the Web and on Athena (http://web.mit.edu/21f.502/www/).
You are expected to use these resources on your own as much as possible.
* Course Syllabus and
Semester Schedule
* Weekly Schedule (updated
frequently)
* Hiragana and Katakana
Study materials and Kanji Study materials (multimedia materials for character/meaning
recognition and exercises)
* Reading materials (with
sound files)
* MIT-Only Quiz Review
Materials (grammar notes and exercises, example answers for JSL Utilization
Exercises, practice tests, etc.)
V. JSL Audio Files, Language Learning
and Resource Center
Using Audio Materials
is indispensable! Learn accurate pronunciation and intonation when you
memorize CCs using audio files. Digital Language Lab (the Ohio State University)
has public JSL audio files. (http://languagelab.it.ohio-state.edu),
and you may download the files.
You may use CDs of
audios and video clips of Japanese: the Spoken Language at Language Learning
and Resource Center (''LLARC'' in Bldg.16-644,
http://llarc.mit.edu/) where you also find Japanese movies with English subtitles.
You can listen
to the audio, record your own voice and compare with the model by downloading
a DLRecorder
(http://helix.dartmouth.edu/dl-recorder/).
VI. Course Objectives and Procedures
This course covers Lessons
6-12A of the JSL, enhancing the basic skills for conversation, reading and
writing. In class, we will emphasize the development of your communicative
skills (i.e., your actual use of Japanese in contexts). By the end of
this semester, you are expected to carry on a daily conversation with
Japanese people.
This
course will stress active command of Japanese, not passive knowledge. There
are two types of classes, FACT and ACT. FACT classes will provide grammar
information, cultural information, etc. In ACT classes, all the activities
will be conducted only in Japanese, and you'll be asked to perform assigned
CCs. Keep in mind that you must be able to PERFORM or ACT OUT assigned
CCs! Come to classes well prepared.
VII. Evaluation
Daily Grade 25% *
One
Hour Long Exam 10%
Oral
Interview Exams (2) 15%
Lesson
Quizzes (4) 25% **
Vocabulary (11) and Kanji Quizzes (4) 10% ***
Homework
(5) 10%
Class
Participation 5%
* The four lowest daily
grades will be dropped at the end of the term.
** The lowest Lesson Quiz score will be dropped at
the end of the term.
*** The four lowest
Vocabulary and Kanji quiz scores will be dropped at the end of the term.
There
will be NO MAKE-UPs for missed performances, quizzes and/or exams.
ALL
the homework assignments (due in the beginning of the class) need to
be completed and submitted in order to receive a course grade.
Daily
Grade
Your
performance of CCs in ACT classes will be graded on the daily basis. We
will also grade your class participation during ACT classes. Instructors
will grade your CC performance/class participation (including performance
on assigned reading materials!), using the following scale:
10: excellent (near native)
9: very good / strong performance; with a very few minor
mistakes
8: fair performance with some
mistakes or weakness
7: prepared, but weak in major
areas
6: present, but evidently unprepared
0: absent / attended a different
section without giving
prior notice
VIII. Attendance Policy
1.
Because of the cumulative nature of language learning, it is essential
that you attend all sessions and keep up with the course work on a daily
basis. Any student who feels he/she is behind is encouraged to see an instructor
and discuss the situation with her before it is too late. Please follow
the online Weekly Schedule and come to class well-prepared. Missing
more than five classes without valid excuses may result in failing the course.
2.
You must attend the class section in which you are registered,
unless you have made official arrangements with the instructors at the beginning
of the semester. If you have to attend a section other than your regular
section on a particular day, you must notify the instructors at least one
day in advance.
3.
Only in case of an emergency you may be allowed to participate in class
activities and quizzes in a different section without the aforementioned
one-day-in-advance permission from the instructors. Oversleeping is NOT
regarded as an emergency.
4. Coming in late not only results in missed performances and quizzes
that may not be made up for, but also distract other students.
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Minor: Consult Professor Ian
Condry (condry@mit.edu). Minor Application
form is available at 14N305, 14N310, 14N408 or 7-104.
Concentration:
The Humanities Concentration for Japanese is Japanese I-IV or II-IV.
Contact ayumi@mit.edu
to obtain the necessary signature.
Study Abroad Programs in Japan (http://web.mit.edu/21f.502/www/linksPrograms.html) : For further information, contact ikue@mit.edu
Internship Program (MISTI MIT Japan) and Japan Lunch
Table at http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-japan/