LING 201 Japanese Language and Culture Calendar

Course Calendar LING 201, Japanese Language and Culture, Summer  2016 Note 1: Anyone who uses a cell phone or other electronic device (listening to music, texting, etc.) in class will be asked to leave, will be counted absent, and will receive a zero for the day. Note 2: This calendar is subject to change depending on the needs of the class. I will announce the changes in class, but please check this calendar often. MODIFIED 11 MAY–SEE WEEK ONE. Modified 16 May–see Wednesday of Week Two

LING 201 Course Calendar Summer 2016

Subject to adjustment as needed

WEEK ONE

火曜日（かようび—kayoubi）Introduction to the course: explain syllabus and course calendar; learning Hiragana http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en; NHK Lesson One in class http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/download/; MANGO lessons; YouTubeNHK Lesson Two; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 1, Lesson One; complete hiragana sheet 1 and 2 (http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf )

水曜日（すいようび—suiyoubi）NHK Lesson Two; MANGO Conversations Unit 1, Ch. 1, Lesson Two; complete hiragana sheet 3 and 4

木曜日（もくようび—mokuyoubi）NHK Lesson Three; MANGO Unit 1, Ch. 1, Lesson Three; hiragana sheet 5 and 6; watch Departures http://kissasian.com/Drama/Departures

金曜日（きんようび—kinyoubi）Submit a short (250-500 words) response paper on Departures; Review; Test One (everything covered in Week One, including Departures; watch Only Yesterday https://kissanime.to/Anime/Only-Yesterday  for Monday

WEEK TWO

月曜日（げつようび）Submit a short response paper on Only Yesterday; hiragana sheet 7 and 8; NHK Lesson Four; MANGO Chapter 1, Lesson Four

火曜日（かようび）hiragana sheet 9 and 10; NHK Lesson Five; MANGO Chapter 1, Lesson Five

水曜日（すいようび）NHK Lesson Six; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson Six; http://kissasian.com/Drama/Train-Man-Densha-Otoko/Movie?id=20741

木曜日（もくようび）Submit a short reflection paper on Train Man; NHK Lesson Seven; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson Seven

金曜日（きんようび）Review; Test Two—covers everything in Week Two; watch Spirited Away for Monday https://kissanime.to/Anime/Spirited-Away/Movie-Coalgirls-1080p?id=70204

WEEK THREE

月曜日 Response paper for Spirited Away; make sushi

火曜日NHK Lesson Eight; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson Eight

水曜日NHK Lesson Nine; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson Nine

木曜日NHK Lesson Ten; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 2, Lesson Ten

金曜日Review; Test Three; watch Grave of the Fireflies https://kissanime.to/Anime/Grave-of-the-Fireflies for Monday

WEEK FOUR

月曜日 Response paper for Grave of the Fireflies; Watch Black Rain in class

火曜日Response paper for Black Rain; NHK Lesson Eleven; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 3, Lesson Eleven

水曜日NHK Lesson Twelve; MANGO Unit 1, Chapter 3, Lesson Twelve; watch Kamikaze Girls http://kissasian.com/Drama/Kamikaze-Girls/Movie?id=9839 for Thursday

木曜日Response paper for Kamikaze Girls; Review

金曜日 Final Examination