CALENDAR / Weekly Schedule
Week 1 6/27 (SAT), 6/29 (MON) Introduction and Lesson 1
a,i,u,e,o, ka,ki,ku,ke,ko, ga,gi,gu,ge,go
Week 2 7/6 (MON), 7/11 (SAT) Lesson 1 Review & Lesson 2
sa,shi,su,se,so, za,ji,zu,ze,zo, ta,chi,tsu,te,to, da,de,do,
Week 3 7/13 (MON), 7/18 (SAT) Lesson 2 Review & Lesson 3
na,ni,nu,ne,no, ha,hi,fu,he,ho, ba,bi,bu,be,bo, pa,pi,pu,pe,po
Week 4 7/20 (MON), 7/25 (SAT) Lesson 3 Review & Lesson 4
ma,mi,mu,me,mo, ya,yu,yo,
Week 5 7/27 (MON), 8/1 (SAT) Lesson 4 Review & Lesson 5
ra,ri,ru,re,ro, wa,wo,n
Week 6 8/3 (MON), 8/8 (SAT) Review Quiz Double Consonant Sounds
Week 7 8/10 (MON), 8/15 (SAT) Lesson 6 Contracted Sounds
Week 8 8/17 (MON), 8/22 (SAT) Lesson 6 Review & Lesson 7 Long Vowel Sounds
Week 9 8/24 (MON), 8/29 (SAT) Review Lesson 1-7 Hiragana Review
Week 10 8/31(MON), 9/5 (SAT) FINAL EXAM
Week 11 9/7 (MON), 9/12 (SAT) Lesson 8 (Last Day of Class)
*Weekly assignments on specific dates will be available from your instructor in class.
PLEASE NOTE
1. You are expected to listen to the CD audio tapes, memorize new words, read the grammar explanation in the textbook and to complete all assignments before coming to class.
2. From time to time short KANA quizzes may be given in class.
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 3 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.
6. The teacher expects a lot of errors from you in class, and accepts those errors as a natural phenomenon integral to the process of learning a new language. You should not be marked down for each minor speaking and writing error because this practice destroys your confidence and forces you to expend so much effort on details that you may lose the overall ability to use language (Walker, 1972).
POLICY ON FINAL EXAM
If you are unable to take the final exam on the scheduled date due to circumstances beyond your control, the exam will be given only in a similar test-taking situation (under supervision of an instructor at Soko Gakuen). Unless the final exam is made up before the PROGRESS REPORT is submitted (from the teacher to the Soko Gakuen Records Office), no certificates can be issued.