The Department of Classical, Middle Eastern & Asian Languages & Cultures
King Hall 203, 718-997-5570
Elementary Japanese I (Japanese 101)
Fall 2013 Syllabus
This course will introduce students to the basics of modern Japanese. While emphasis will be on the spoken
language, students will learn ひらがな (hiragana), カタカナ (katakana) and some かんじ(Kanji) as well. The goal is
to cover the first six chapters of the text this semester.
Instructors
J101 Course coordinator and instructor: Dr. Mari Fujimoto (King 101A) mfujimoto@qc.cuny.edu Email is the best
way to reach me.
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11AM to 12PM
Co-instructors: Dr. Hughes and Dr. Yabe
Schedule
Japanese classes meet one hour (really 50 minutes) from Monday to Friday (except for Wednesday) for a total of
four hours each week. The Tuesday’s lecture is conducted in a combination of English and Japanese. The other
three hours are conducted completely in Japanese. See the table below for the room assignments.
Morning (10:05-10:55)
Afternoon (1:40-2:30)
Evening (5:00-5:50)
Monday (Prof. Hughes)
KG (King Hall) 206
Rathaus 214
KG 204
Tue/Thursday (Prof. Fujimoto)
KG 206
KG 206
KG 204
Friday (Prof. Yabe)
KG 206
KG 206
KG 204
Daily schedule
Please go to http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mfujimoto/JPN101/ regularly to check our daily class schedule and
homework assignments.
Books you must purchase: 1 Textbook and its Student Manual
1) Nakama 1, 2nd edition (by Matasa, Hatasa and Makino)
ISBN-10: 0495798185 or ISBN-13: 9780495798187
2) Student Activity Manual (SAM) for Nakama 1 (by Hatasa Hatasa and Makino)
ISBN-10: 0495798282 or ISBN-13:9780495798288
Bottom line to pass this course
1) Purchase the textbook and the Student Activity Manual
2) No more than 8 days of absences, i.e., if you miss more than 8 meetings you will receive an F automatically.
Lateness counts as 1/2 day absence.
Grades (no make ups are given for missed exams)
Final exam (including oral which is half of the grade) 20%
Recorded oral performances 20%
Mid-term (including oral which is half of the grade) 20%
Class participation and attendance 20%
Quizzes (every week on Friday) 10%
Homework (must be handed in within a week to be counted toward the grade) 10%
Class Schedule http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mfujimoto/JPN101/
Facebook Many of Japanese students are on our QC Japanese Class Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Queens-College-Japanese-Classes). Join us!
日本語１０１
Information on quizzes, handouts, and the latest class schedule will be added every week. Please check this site
regularly. This page was last updated 8/24/2013
Announcement: Welcome to JPNS 101
The lecture and quiz: The lecture is regularly given on Thursdays and a quiz on every Friday unless noted.
Homework: Please complete the homework on the assigned date and hand it in on the scheduled day. Make sure
you staple the pages together.
Download SAM CDs: CD1, 2, 3 and 4
げつようび
かようび
もくようび
きんようび
月曜日
火曜日
木曜日
金曜日
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
First day of Fall 2010
Essential expressions
(p.29 and 30) and です
practice
Introduction
Course syllabus and
textbook
How to do homework from Items found in
classrooms:
SAM (Student Activity
つくえ
Manual)
こくばん
Essential expressions and えんぴつ
です
ほん
Introduce ひらがな
のーと
(hiragana)
ばっぐ
ひらがな reading practice かばん
Etc.
Japanese Writing
Systems part1:
ひらがな reading practice
Alphabetic vs. Syllabic
(focus on あ～そ
Writing System (Hiragana)
8 月 29 日
と
30 日
●Read textbook up to p.8
●SAM p.1-3
●Read textbook p.9 to
30
Lecture day
More ～は～です kinds
of expressions
Labor Day
No Classes
8 月 30 日
から
9月3日
● SAM p. 4-6
●Read textbook ch.1
Talk about Essential
expressions (p.29 and
30)
Affirmative/question
これは ほんです。
これは ほんですか。
これ・それ・あれ
Suffix: ご・じん
● ひらがな reading
quiz: あ
to そ (to page 6)
 Hand in SAM
p.1&2
QC No classes
QC No Classes