Agenda

HGP Japanese Language Program

Orientation

3.1 Timetable
3.2 Textbooks
3.3 Schedule
3.4 Grading

Beginner Low

4. Others
5. FQA

Hitotsubashi Center for Global Education

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1. Overview
2. Course Registration
3. Course Content(Basic Japanese 1)

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Japanese Language Programin HGP (Hitotsubashi University Global Education Program)

1. Overview

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Course steps

Basic Japanese Courses
1) For those who have NEVER studied Japanese or
who have studied only a little.

Basic Japanese 1

If you successfully pass courses at the level
you were placed in, you will be eligible fortaking courses a level higher in the next
semester.
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Make sure that your level “Beginner Low” .

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Basic Japanese Courses

Course steps• If you successfully pass Basic Japanese 1 you may
proceed to Basic Japanese 2 next semester2) Students who have studied Japanese atuniversities and were placed into
“Beginner High” level by Hitotsubashi Japanese
Language Placement Test

Basic Japanese 1

Basic Japanese 2

Basic Japanese 2
Students who are placed to BJ2 (Beginner High)may leave the meeting.

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9Classes will be conducted face-to-face.
• In principle, classes will be conducted face-to-face.

2. Course Registration• Students who have not yet entered Japan or havebeen officially permitted to attend classes online by
Hitotsubashi University may take classes online.
• Depending on the situation of the students, the modeof class delivery may change after course registration
period by consultation.

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2. Course Registration

Course Registration Period◼ If you are an Exchange Student→ you should register via Campus Education
Learning System (CELS) online.

Thursday, September 9 –Friday, September 17◼ If you are a Graduate Student→ you should contact an administration office.
◼ If you are a Research Student→ you should contact an administration office.

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How to Access: CELS

Withdrawal (W) of your registered course(s)➡ Hitotshbashi University HP➡ Current Students ➡ Education system; CELS

If you have registered for a course and decided towithdraw from it after the registration period, youmust process the withdrawal using the CELS Online
Registration System during the withdrawal period.
After that period, you will not be able to withdraw.
Failure then to complete the assigned (assessment)tasks will result in a Fail grade (F).
Course Withdrawal:
Monday, September 27 – Friday, October 1

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Course Enrollment Web Lottery
Decision regarding the enrollment for Exchange
students will be made by the web lottery.

First Week Classes
・Classes during the first 2 weeks will be provided face-to-face.

→ If you are in JapanFirst Web Lottery:
9:00 September 6 – 12:00 September 7
Second Web Lottery:
15:00 September 8 – 9:00 September 9

Come to the CGEE Building 2F classroom 4204
※ Bring a PC and headphones to class→ If you have not arrived yet
Access to ZOOM meeting※ A link for ZOOM meeting will be announced via manaba

For details, contact the administration office.

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Before the class
Make sure to :Self-registration on
manaba• install a desktop app for ZOOM.
• sign up and create your account(only “signed-up” users will be able to “join a meeting” )• Make a temporary self-registration on manaba
before the classes start.

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Hitotsubashi Center for Global Education
Japanese Language Education Program

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Click the tab “Current Students” on
Hitotsubashi University homepage

Make sure you have
Student ID and the password

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21Enter your Student ID and password

Click “Education Systems (CELS, manaba)”

xxxxxx2223Enter the course title“Basic Japanese I”

Click “Search and register for courses” in thebox “About Self Registration”

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A list of courses will appear.
Click “Basic Japanese I”

After you click the button “Register”, the following message
will be displayed.

”Self registration is complete. If you would like to
finalize the registration, please do so using theStudent Information System.”
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When the self-registration is complete,
the course will be added to “My Courses” list.
Students who want to attend the first class andconsider which course to take, should make atemporary self-registration on MANABA inorder to be informed about the link to accessonline classes.

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NOTE!
• Self-registration on MANABA is different from the CELS
course registration.
• After the registration period is closed all students
except regular students enrolled in the course will be
automatically deleted from MANABA.
• If you decide to enroll in the course as a regular student,
you should complete the course registration procedureon CELS.

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Receive manaba COURSE NEWS via mail• Teachers will post important news on manaba★ Zoom links (URL) for logging in to theclasses★ announcements from the teachers

Make sure to change reminder settings inorder to receive announcements to your email.
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Click “Settings”
Important announcements

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Click “Change reminder settings”① In the field “All reminders” select “Receive”.
② Fill in your regular Email address （and thecellphone Email address） that you want reminders
to be sent to.
Please use the email address you check daily.

Click

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Notice for students who take classes online• The Zoom URL for the first class will beannounced on “manaba”. Please check it before
the class.

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Click “save and sent test mail” at the bottom of
the screen.
You will receive the following message:
This email was generated automatically by manaba to confirm
if you have set up a correct email address.”

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Basic Japanese 1

3. Course Content

38➡ 5 classes (5 credits) per week
➡ students will acquire basic skills in conversation,
reading and writing necessary for daily student
life in Japan.
➡ designed for students who want to continue
studying Japanese after this semester at
Hitotsubashi and / or at your home universities

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NOTE:

Course Instructors

1) ALL the courses are taught by the “direct method”,
which means that classes are conducted only inJapanese.
2) Enrollment for each course is limited to 20 students.
3) We take attendance very seriously.
If students miss some classes, it will be difficult forthem to catch up and successfully complete thecourse.

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Course Coordinator

Hayakawa Kyoko
hayakawa.k@r.hit-u.ac.jp
Office Hour：by appointment

Instructors

Shimura Yukari
Fukuoka Rieko
Sugimoto Miho
Yamazaki Mayumi

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Course Description Materials
Download the course description materials fromthe “Resourses” on the manaba course page.

3.1 Timetable

1. Autumn-Winter Semester 2021 Syllabus
2. Autumn-Winter Semester 2021 Schedule
3. “How To” materials

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Course Period: September 13 – December 23
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3.2. Textbooks

2nd

10:45
12:30

5 classes per week.
Students should attend all 5 classes.
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1. “GENKI Vol.1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (TheThird Edition)” The Japan Times, ¥3500, ISBN: 978-4789017305
2. “GENKI Vol.1 WORKBOOK (The Third Edition) ” The Japan Times,¥1600, ISBN-13: 978-4789017312
3. Handouts and listening materials

Main Textbook Structure• Conversation and Grammar Section①

Dialogueused for the Shadowing Homework(from Lesson 7)

NOT the 2nd
Edition!
Textbooks and workbooks are available at Hitotsubashi Coop
online bookstore.

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Main Textbook Structure

Main Textbook Structure• Conversation and Grammar Section• Conversation and Grammar Section②③

Vocabularyused in the Vocabulary Quizand learning activities in class

Grammarused for self-study andclass preparation

Students should read
Grammar Notes before the classand come prepared.

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Main Textbook Structure

Main Textbook Structure• Reading and Writing Section• Reading and Writing Section

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Kanji
used in Kanji Quiz andclass preparation

Reading partused in Reading Activities in class

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Workbook Structure• All materials will be distributed before classes via
MANABA or during the online classes by the
instructor via email / zoom chat .

• Grammar / Listening Comprehension / Kanji★ Students should check MANABA course page anddownload handouts before every class.

Used for Homework.
Do exercises and submit
the designated pages on the due date.

• Copies of “Genki 1” Lesson 1 will be distributedin class (only for the first week).
Regular students enrolled in the course MUST purchaseboth textbooks and workbooks as soon as possible.

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How to check your schedule
2020PS Basic Japanese 1 Schedule (Tentative)

abbreviation

2 nd Peri o d（1 0 :4 5 -1 2 :3 0 ）G: Grammar WB: Workbook

KHW:Kanji homework KQ：Kanji Quiz VQ：Vocabulary Quiz RP：Roleplay

6/15

6/16

Quiz

3.3. Schedule

HW

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6/19
KQ (L7)

Writing (L7)WB 8-1, 2
DHW(L7) @manaba

L7 G1,5:～ています[state]/～にん

L7 Dialogue, RP,
Reading and Writing

L8 G1,2: ないform/Informal Speech

L8 G4,5:～ないでください L8 G3,7:～とおもう/～と/～のが…
いっていた, なにか/なにもKanji(L7) 語文帰入Kanji (L7) Review

Kanji(L8): 員新聞作

Kanji(L8) 仕事電車

Quiz

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6/18

WB 7-4, 8, 9

6/22

HW

6/17
VQ (L8)

WB 7-1, 2, 6, 7

6/23

6/24

VQ (L9)WB 8-3, 4

WB 8-7, 8, 9

6/25

WB 8-5, 6
KHW 7-2

Kanji(L8) 休言読

6/26

KQ (L8)WB 9-1, 2
Writing (L8)WB 9-3, 4, 7
KHW 8-2

WB 9-5, 6
DHW(L8) @manaba

L8 4: ～が, Dialogue,
L9 G1: たform/Informal L9 G1,4:～とおもう/～といっ L9 G2: Noun modify/まRP, Reading and Writing Speechていた/～からだ～ていない, まとめ

L9 Dialogue, RP,
Reading and Writing

Kanji(L8) 思次何, Review Kanji (L9) 午後前名白Kanji (L9) Review

Kanji (L9) 雨書友間家Kanji (L9) 話少古知来

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・Homework & due
Submit the WORKBOOK tasks
Lesson7-1, 2, 6, 7 (P64-65,
P69-70) in the class on 15th
June.

6/15

6/16

Quiz
HW

6/17

6/18

VQ (L8)

6/19
KQ (L7)

WB 7-1, 2, 6, 7

WB 7-4, 8, 9

Writing (L7)WB 8-1, 2
DHW(L7) @manaba

L7 G1,5:～ています[state]/～にん

L7 Dialogue, RP,
Reading and Writing

L8 G1,2: ないform/Informal Speech

L8 G4,5:～ないでください L8 G3,7:～とおもう/～と/～のが…
いっていた, なにか/なにもKanji(L7) 語文帰入Kanji (L7) Review

Kanji(L8): 員新聞作

Kanji(L8) 仕事電車

6/22
Quiz
HW

・Kanji quiz for lesson 7 given in the
textbook (P318-319) and be prepared.
・Kanji Homework (KHW)
Submit the WORKBOOK “Using Kanji”(Lesson7-2) tasks on P138 on this day inclass.

・Submit Writing Assignment
for Lesson7 on this day in class.

6/23

WB 8-3, 4

WB 8-7, 8, 9

MANABA.

KQ (L8)WB 9-1, 2
Writing (L8)WB 9-3, 4, 7
KHW 8-2

WB 9-5, 6
DHW(L8) @manaba

L8 4: ～が, Dialogue,
L9 G1: たform/Informal L9 G1,4:～とおもう/～といっ L9 G2: Noun modify/まRP, Reading and Writing Speechていた/～からだ～ていない, まとめ

・Learn the vocabulary
for lesson 9 given in the
Kanji(L8)
思次何, Review Kanji (L9) 午後前名白textbook (P210-211)
andbe prepared for the quiz.

3.4. Grading

・Submit the Dialogue
Kanji(L8) 休言読
Shadowing homeworkforLesson7 (P166-167) on
6/25
6/26

6/24

VQ (L9)WB 8-5, 6
KHW 7-2

Kanji (L9) 雨書友間家・Grammar and expressions
learned in class.
Read Grammar Notes 1&4 (P212213, P.215-216 ) given in the
textbook before the class.

Kanji (L9) 話少古知来

L9 Dialogue, RP,
Reading and Writing
Kanji (L9) Review

・Kanji learned in class.
Check the meaning, correct reading
and writing order of eachkanji .(P328-329) before the class
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Attendance

Grading
Final Exam, Presentation
Midterm Exam
Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji Quizzes
Vocabulary Quizzes
Homework (Workbook, Shadowing)
Writing Assignments
Attendance and Participation

30%
15%
10%
10%
15%
10%
10%

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• We take attendance very seriously. If you missmore than 14 classes, you will not be able toobtain the credit.
• No audit is allowed. Students who want toattend a Japanese learning class, are required toregister.
• Keep in touch with the class instructors if you
have any problems with attendance.

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Attendance

Attendance• If you are late for either 20 minutes or more, you
may still participate in class, but you will bemarked as absent. If you leave the class for
either 20 minutes or more after the class has
started, you will also be marked as absent.
• If you are late or leave early less than 20 minutes
3 times, you will be marked as absent.

• In case you have technical trouble accessing the
ZOOM meeting you should immediately contact
the instructor by email.
If you inform the instructor about a technicaltrouble within 10 minutes after the class starts,
being late will not be marked.

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Homework: Workbook

Homework: Workbook• You will be given homework assignments on aregular basis. Check the course schedule andmeet deadlines.

Grammar Section• You should submit your homework at the
beginning of the class following the instructor’s
directions. No submission before or after theclass is allowed.

62• Download the “HOMEWORK Sheet” from MANABA
course “Resourses” page.
• Fill in the head of the form.
• Type the Grammar/Kanji task questions and answers using
hiragana/katakana or kanji and save the document.
• Save the file as [your full name_task pages_submission
date.docx] and hand in to the instructor at the beginningof the class.

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Homework: Shadowing

Writing Assignments• Take a video (mp4 format is preferable) of yourshadowing practice and submit the file on
manaba “Assignments” page.

Writing• Detailed explanation will be given after mid-term
test. Be sure to attend this class.

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NOTE!

・ Late submission will be penalized by 10% reduction a day and theassignment will NOT be marked if submitted more than 10 days after
the due date. When an assignment is on Manaba, you will be able to
upload files within 10 days after the due date even if the status of
the Assignment Room is “CLOSED”.
・ Workbook Homework and Writing Assignments should behanded in at the beginning of the class following the instructor’s
directions.
No submission before or after the class is allowed.

• Use a Writing Assignment Sheet distributed by the instructor.
• The assignment should be typed using kanji and hiragana andsaved in Microsoft WORD.
• Save the file as [your full name_W_lesson number_submission
date.docx] and hand in to the instructor at the beginning of theclass.
• The instructor will comment your assignment and return it to you
via email after the class.

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Quizzes• Quizzes will be usually given at the beginning of
the class via manaba. If you come late, you will
miss quizzes.
• No make up for quizzes.

・Incomplete or sloppily done homework will NOT be accepted. If
more than half of the assignment is incorrect, you will be given a“redo”. In this case you should hand in corrected version in the nextclass.

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Exams• Midterm and Final Exams include Speaking, Listening, andReading Tests.
• Final Exam also includes a presentation.

4. Others• You may make up for midterm, and final exam ONLY IF YOU HAVESERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. In this case you should submit awritten explanation and inform the coordinator as soon as
possible.
• Exams should be made up within a week of the scheduled time
and will NOT be given prior to the scheduled test dates. The scoreon a make-up exam will be reduced by 10 %.

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5. FQA• Participant’s name in ZOOM
input your full name and name you would like to be called inbrackets → e.g. メアリー ハート（メアリー）

How do we entry for the classes?
Submit “Entry Sheet for BASIC JAPANESE 1” onmanaba “Surveys” page.

• Keep your web camera switched ON during the class.
• Use ZOOM desktop app.
• When you have a technical trouble accessing to meeting, contact
the instructor by email immediately.
• If you have a question during the class, try to do following:① switch the microphone ON and call the instructor.
② click on “Raise Hand” button in “Participants” tool panel.
③ Write “？” on a piece of paper and show it to the camera.

*Only students who have already decided taking the class.
After you submit “entry sheet for Basic Japaense 1” , access to
MANABA course “Resourses” page, and take “Pre-lesson forstarters of Basic Japanese 1”. This page guides some self-study
materials such as Japanese writing system, Hiragana &Katakana and “how to type” Japanese.

• Speak slowly and clearly.

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1) Entry sheet for Basic Japaense 1”
2) Pre-lesson for starters of Basic Japanese 1

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5. FQA
Can we attend to various classes in a first week?
(Just try in order to decide which class I would take)➤ Due to the registration system, Yes.
But if you miss a class, you will have to catch up
the lesson content by yourself (no extra classes
for catch up).

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5. FQAMy major class conflicts with Japanese class.
(i.e. Japanese Economics and BJ1 both arelectured in same day and same period )Is it possible to be absent some classes in aweek?
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