JAPANESE FOR TODAY

JAPANESE

Linguistics 19 Syllabus

PURPOSE: Speaking conversational modern Japanese and reading. More emphasis on language use

than on grammar. Course is based on the romanized version of the lessons, though Japanese forms (kanji

and kana) are also shown. Students wanting to be tested on recognition of kanji should use JAP 05.

MATERIAL ASSIGNED:

Gakken Co., Ltd., Japanese for Today (JFT)

LL Call No.: PL/535/08

RESTRICTION: None

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 8 units

FOR EACH LESSON:

1. Listen to the entire dialogue while following the English translation in the book to tell you what

the foreign sentences mean.

2. Listen again while following the foreign transcription to help you with details in the pronunciation.

3. Listen again with the book half closed look inside only when you need reminders about the

meaning or pronunciation.

4. Replay individual phrases and say them aloud without referring to the book if possible. Imitate the

voice on tape as closely as you can. Replay and repeat each phrase, then add phrases together to build

a full sentence. Continue to build phrases into sentences in this way, until you can say the complete

sentence easily and in unison with the tape while understanding what you are saying. Use the book

only for occasional reference.

5. Say the sentences of the dialogue along with the speaker on the tape again and again until you can

produce the foreign sentences easily and quickly given only the English ones as cues.

EXAMINATION:

Supervisor says the English version of sentences chosen at random from conversations in the assigned

material; the student says the Japanese equivalent. The grade is based on both fluency and accuracy.

All exams are 30 minutes. Final is not cumulative.

ASSIGNMENT: