Japanese - JPN

Description:  This course is the first of a two-semester sequence of Beginning Japanese; it is for students who have no previous knowledge of Japanese. It aims to begin development of communication skills in Japanese. Therefore, we will work on the four basic skills of language (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) as well as culture-specific skills (do's and don'ts). The following topics are covered in this semester: 1. Meeting people for the first time 2. Shopping and eating out 3. Describing activities and extending/declining invitations 4. Describing locations and things in the past 5. Making offers and talking about travel 6. Making a request, asking for/giving permission, and talking about rules The course will cover lessons 1 through 6 of Genki including both dialogue/grammar and reading/writing. It is expected that, by the end of this semester, students will have basic conversation skills in situations like those noted above, as well as rudimentary literacy in Japanese. Two types of Japanese characters (hiragana and katakana), as well as 58 Chinese characters (kanji) will be learned.

Class URL:  http://www.all.umn.edu/japanese_language/1011/1011.html

Class Time: 29% Lecture, 71% Discussion.

Grade: 15% quizzes, 20% written homework, 10% attendance. Lesson Tests 35% (5 times) Oral Interviews 10% (2 times) Dialogue Checks 10% (Each Lesson)

Instructor:  Tazawa,Kenichi

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Co-Instructor:  Buchanan,Michiko Todokoro

Co-Instructor:  Matsumoto,Akiko

Description:  This course is the first of a two-semester sequence of Intermediate Japanese. The course will cover Lessons 13 through 17 of Genki (Refer to COURSE MATERIALS below), both sections of dialogue/grammar and of reading/writing. The course aims to develop the four communication skills (i.e., speaking, listening, reading, and writing) at an intermediate level as well as culture-specific skills (do's and don'ts). The items that will be covered in this semester include but are not limited to: 1. Telling what you can or cannot do, 2. Consulting, 3. Explaining things in detail, and 4. Making a request in a polite manner. It is expected that, by the end of this semester, students will be able to use the above functions for a job-interview, a request for the extension of a deadline, and so on. Students also will be able to read and write an expository essay. Seventy-nine kanji characters will be introduced, in addition to 145 characters learned in the previous lessons. PREREQUISITE: JPN1012/4002 You are required to take a placement test if: (1) your grade for JPN1012/4002 at the University of Minnesota was neither a C- or better, nor an S, or (2) you took JPN1012/4002 at the University of Minnesota before 2008. The placement test will be given in late August, 2009. Please go to "Placement Test Info" on the Japanese Language Home Page and register for the test. http://www.all.umn.edu/japanese_language/placement_test_info.html

Instructor:  Emmett,Keiko

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Instructor:  Fujimoto,Kyoko

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Instructor:  Isaka,Maki