• Required:
  1. Pegasas Languages Services. (1987).
     Basic Functional Japanese (Lessons 9 - 15). Tokyo, Japan: The Japan Times.
  2. Shimazu, Y. M. (2003) Handy Katakana Workbook (1st ed).
     Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
     [Available at Kinokuniya Bookstore--Geary at Webster. Phone 415-567-7625]
     
• Recommended:
  -- Mizutani, O., & Mizutani, N. (1977 & 1979). nihongo notes (Vols. 1 & 2).
• Audio cassette tapes related to the textbook lessons-- signed out in the office.
  
• Internet / software programs for you to practice KANA, vocabulary exercise (flash cards), etc. at home.
  http://www.ichigo.se/kanaflash/kana.swf
  http://www.realkana.com/katakana

1. One final exam.
   
2. Your final exam score and attendance (%) will be kept in a digitized form @STUDENT GRADES AND INFORMATION REPOSITORY.
   
3. Upon successful completion (80% or higher attendance rate and 80% or higher final exam score) of the course, a STUDENT PROGRESS REPORT will be written if requested at the time you take the final exam.

The instructor will create a relaxed, low-anxiety atmosphere in which you can acquire the previously mentioned course objectives with less effort and with ease. The instructor will use an eclectic teaching method.

1. The instructor will follow the calendar printed on the back page.
2. In class, student and teacher (and student and student) will engage in interactive language activities, a variety of exercises, using as much Japanese as possible. The instructor, however, will use some mechanical and meaningful drills, when necessary, to develop your kinetic memory for the training of the perceptual motor skills.
3. Students will reinforce and develop vocabulary, structures, listening (audio cassette tapes checked out regularly) and conversational skills through weekly assignments.
4. The class, however, may be conduted in accordance with the needs of the students in class within the course objectives.

Week 1	Jun 26	Brief Review, Lesson 9
Week 2	Jul    3	Lesson 9--TIME EXPRESSIONS
Week 3	Jul   10	lesson 10--MAKING COMMENTS ON JAPAN
Week 4	Jul   17	Lesson 11--GOING ON A HOLIDAY
Week 5	Jul   24	Lesson 12--AFTER THE HOLIDAY
Week 6	Jul   31	Review, Quiz
Week 7	Aug   7	Lesson 13--EXPRESSING WHAT YOU USUALLY DO
Week 8	Aug  14	Lesson 13--EXPRESSING WHAT YOU USUALLY DO
Week 9	Aug  21	Lesson 14--EATING, DRINKING, AND SHOPPING
Week 10	Aug  28	FINAL EXAM
Week 11	Sep    4	Lesson 15--DAILY ROUTINES

1. You are expected to listen to the audio cassette tapes, memorize new words, read the grammar explanation in the textbook and to complete all assignments before coming to class.
2. A quiz will be given in class every week.
3. Please be on time for class; otherwise, you interrupt the lesson for others. Regular class attendance and participation are essential for language learning.
4. Excessive absences(more than 2 class meetings) may be cause for repetition of the course.
5. When you obtain a score of 80% or higher on the final exam, you move up to a higher level class. Soko Gakuen's exit criteria for each class/level are based on the 1987 ACTFL Japanese Language Proficiency Guidelines.

If you are unable to take the final exam on the scheduled date due to circunstances beyond your control, the exam may be given only in a similar test-taking situation (under supervision of an instructor at Soko Gakuen). Unless the final exam is made up, NO CERTIFICATE can be issued.