• Confidently carry out simple interactions in Japanese
• Understand basic sentence structures of various types in Japanese
• Recognize about 300 Kanji characters and reproduce most of them

• Talking about gift giving/receiving in Japanese
• Describing desire and difficulty of carrying out things in Japanese
• Stating hypothetical circumstances
• Showing deference in Japanese
• Describing something irreversibly affected by someone’s action
• Changing (grammatical) voice of Japanese sentences
• Stating contradictory situations

Hatasa, et al.  Nakama 2 (Cengage/Houghton-Miffline) 1st edition

Course packet for Japan 213

• Preparation
• Review
• Doing homework and checking your answers
• Working with study buddy (or buddies)
• Forming a study group
• Visit your instructors’ office hours
• Practicing with language exchange partners

In classroom, students are expected to:

• Actively engage in small group or individual work
• Refrain from completing homework, chatting with classmates in English
• Not disrupt class with unrelated questions/comments
• Refrain from surfing the internet and texting

Being physically in the classroom does not constitute attendance if you are not paying attention.

In case you have to miss a class session:

It is your responsibility to arrange for copies of class notes, homework assignments, worksheet distributed, and to submit your assignments ON TIME.  Please come to collect any missed handouts directly to your instructor.  In general, we do NOT distribute handouts nor accept homework submitted as an attachment to e-mail.

Your grades will be assigned using the following breakdown (read the explanation below).  Grades are subject to the fixed scale grading.

Attending both quiz section and lecture is mandatory.  Failing to attend over 20% of the course will result in no credit.  Please also note that in case you have circumstances beyond your control at the end of the quarter and request an I(ncomplete), the only cases in which a grade of I can be granted are those where the student has regularly attended class throughout the quarter.  Class participation is a combination of your attendance and your instructor’s evaluation of your classroom participation and achievement.  Your instructor will evaluate your performance daily.  The format will vary:  it may be your performance during small group activities, or it may be in the form of pop-quizzes.

In addition to the homework listed on the homework schedule (see course website > Homework), your instructor may assign additional homework.  All the homework must be completed PRIOR TO the due date (at the beginning of the class on the date due); no credit will be given to homework submitted AFTER the due date without prior arrangement.    As noted earlier, your answers for Workbook/Lab Manual homework MUST BE checked with the answer keys provided (see course website > Links).

Some homework will be assigned online:  Listening/Reading comprehension questions and Oral Essay assignment.  These will be available from the course Moodle page (http://wefli3.lang.washington.edu/~moodle/llc/).  More information as to how to sign up for Moodle site will be provided via e-mail.

Throughout the quarter, grammar, Kanji, and vocabulary quizzes will be given.  Grammar and Kanji quizzes are given as listed in the course schedule (see course website > Schedule).  Vocabulary quizzes will be given in quiz section and your instructor will inform you when the quizzes will be given.  The lowest quiz from each group will be dropped from your course grade (this does not apply to pop quizzes).    See also our Make-up Policy.

In 9th and 10th week, oral interview will be given.  It will consist of Questions and Answers, Role-play, and One-minute speech.  The topic of the one minute speech will be taken from the oral essay assignments.   More details will be announced in the 8th week.

The Final Exam will be given on 6/5 (Sat.) from 8:30am-10:20am.  This is different from the regularly scheduled final exam (location TBA).  There will be no make-up final unless prior arrangements (approval must be obtained from the main instructor in advance before a make-up can be arranged).  Please also see the make-up policy for the course.

No make-ups will be granted for quizzes and exams.  The policy of dropping the lowest quiz permits flexibility and accommodates minor illness and personal business.  The only exception can be made if pre-arrangement is granted for official university business and emergencies beyond a students’ control.

Concerns about the Instruction or Conduct of Teaching Assistants
Should you have any concerns about your the quality of instruction you are receiving or about TA conduct, please see your teaching assistant about these concerns as soon as possible.  If you are not comfortable talking directly with the TA in question, or if you are not satisfied with the response that you have received, please contact the main instructor.

If you are still dissatisfied with the response, you may then contact the department chair, Prof. Michael C. Shapiro hindimic@uw.edu (alternatively, 206-543-4996).  You may also contact the Graduate School elf@uw.edu or call 543-5900.