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I. Introduction
- Check WebCT & JAPN120 Webpage (
- Course Syllabus = > Click HERE (PDF version)
- Tentative Weekly Plan => Posted on WebCT (Lesson - Week 1-Click Okame -Women's face)
- Student Information Slip => Posted on WebCT (Lesson - Week 1-Click Okame -Women's face)
Revised Course Syllabus (After discussion)
- Course Syllabus with Web Links => Click HERE
See the more details about GRADING
II. Culture
- Cultural Competence Continuum
- In this class, we view Culture as "Practice, Product, and Perspective."
- Video "West Meets East"
(I will place the video at Mariposa 2002 - Practice Lab)
- A short summary of relevant Japanese history
- attitudes of Japanese toward foreigners
- advice on behavior in Japanese context
- dress code
- public behavior on the crowded islands
- finding where you are going
- no tipping
- the bow versus the handshake
- etiquette in Japanese interiors
- notes on sitting, etc.
III. Geography
In class activities
(4 Handouts => Posted on WebCT)
- World Map - What are the differences between these two maps?
- Can you name all states? US State map (blank) - Click HERE
- Can you identify countries surrounding Japan?
- Can you name 4 islands? What are they?
- Can you name 9 regions - What are they?
- What types of climate are they?
What types of climate in the region 1-4?
Power Point Presentation
- WebCT
- Outside of WebCT - Click HERE
Handout the reading materials
- Reischauer's "The Japanese Today" pp. 3-36
(1) Posted on WebCT - Homepage - Lesson - The Japanese Today
(2) You can get it "Reserve Book Room (http://eureka.lib.csus.edu)
- Reading Question Sheet #1 = > Posted on WebCT
Due: Monday, Feb. 11 (Week 3)
Preview various regions in Japan
I will create11 groups (2-3 people in each group) in Week 2. In Week 3, your group will present about the assigned region.
- Step 1: Go to http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/index.html
- Step 2: Look for "Find a Location" (On the top left).
- Step 3: Below "Find a Location" you will see "Browse by Designation" or "Browse the Map of Japan."
- Step 4: Start clicking assigned prefectures (Start from "Overview")
Region 1: Hokkaido Group 1
Region 2: Tohoku Group 2
Aomori, Iwate, Akita, MIyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima
Region 3: Kanto-1 Group 3
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gumma, Saitama, Chiba
Region 3: Kanto-2 Group 4
Tokyo & Kanagawa
Region 4: Chubu Group 5
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi
Region 5: Kansai-1 Group 6
Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama
Region 5: Kansai-2 Group 7
Kyoto & Nara
Region 6: Chugoku - Group 8
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Region 7: Shikoku - Group 9
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi
Region 8: Kyusyu Group 10
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima
Region 9: Okinawa - Group 11
Central Okinawa, Iriomote-jima Island, Ishigaki-jima Island, Miyako-jima Island, Naha, Northern Okinawa, Southern Okinawa
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