JAPN380: JAPAN: LAND AND PEOPLE
Course Description: This online course introduces the language and culture of Japan in a thematic approach. Selected topics are geography, climate, population, and industries. This course is designed to develop Japanese language skills and introduce various aspects of Japanese culture related to course topics using technology and web-based materials. JAPN380 is a hybrid course featuring synchronous and asynchronous learning. Taught in Japanese.
Meets MLO 1: Japanese Language and Communication
& MLO 2: Japanese Culture
& MLO 2: Japanese Culture
Reflective Narrative:
This course contributed to my fulfillment of the outcomes of MLO's 1 & 2 by incorporating information about Japan's land structure while being taught in Japanese. Each section also had grammar points that we would make sentences out of as a class to see different ways in which they could be used. We also had in-class TA's to help correct our mistakes, thus helping us learn the correct way to use that grammar. In this course, we completed assignments through an online system where we would read information about the topic, such as Japan's island masses, in Japanese. After that, we would use that information to complete various activities to show what we learned and remembered from the reading. We had four large tests where we had to answer questions in Japanese with a response of 300 characters or more, and we also had to record ourselves reading our responses out loud. It was good verbal practice. We also had many small group presentations, two of which I have listed below, where we used that sections topic to discuss current or past issues (see Evidence 1 & 2). Everything I learned in this course was new information to me, even though I have been studying Japanese for seven years. The one thing I wish to develop further is my ability to retain all of the small details we learned. This course is a bit similar to one I took in Japan, where we learned about the multiculturalism of it's people. I would definitely like to learn more about Japan's land and people and take a course like this in Japan.
This course contributed to my fulfillment of the outcomes of MLO's 1 & 2 by incorporating information about Japan's land structure while being taught in Japanese. Each section also had grammar points that we would make sentences out of as a class to see different ways in which they could be used. We also had in-class TA's to help correct our mistakes, thus helping us learn the correct way to use that grammar. In this course, we completed assignments through an online system where we would read information about the topic, such as Japan's island masses, in Japanese. After that, we would use that information to complete various activities to show what we learned and remembered from the reading. We had four large tests where we had to answer questions in Japanese with a response of 300 characters or more, and we also had to record ourselves reading our responses out loud. It was good verbal practice. We also had many small group presentations, two of which I have listed below, where we used that sections topic to discuss current or past issues (see Evidence 1 & 2). Everything I learned in this course was new information to me, even though I have been studying Japanese for seven years. The one thing I wish to develop further is my ability to retain all of the small details we learned. This course is a bit similar to one I took in Japan, where we learned about the multiculturalism of it's people. I would definitely like to learn more about Japan's land and people and take a course like this in Japan.
Evidence 1: For this assignment, we learned about the issue of declining birth rates in Japan. With a partner, we researched information on what caused the problem, and what solutions we thought would help get rid of the problem all-together.
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Evidence 2: For this assignment, we got a partner and researched an earthquake in Japan which caused a lot of damage. We researched such things as how many buildings were destroyed and how many people were injured, which was partly to practice reading numbers and counters out loud.
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