Course Syllabus

JAPN 2950 Undergraduate Tutoring

Course Description

This course is for students with native or advanced proficiency in Japanese who wish to use their knowledge to help other students review, strengthen, and apply language skills taught in all Japanese courses at Snow College. This includes both conversation practice and grammar instruction. Tutors may be asked to proofread documents, grade quizzes or homework, provide feedback, and perform other small tasks as directed by the instructor. Tutors will receive training and support from the instructor. This course is repeatable for credit.

Justification

This course provides students with native or advanced proficiency in Japanese the opportunity to continue to use and refine their language skills while providing a valuable service for their fellow students.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Interpretive Listening: Students apply their listening comprehension abilities at the native or advanced proficiency level to speaking practice, training sessions, and oral tasks that they complete as tutors with other students.
2. Interpretive Reading: Students apply their knowledge of the written Japanese language at the native or advanced proficiency level in an effort to understand the needs of language students who work with them.
3. Interpersonal Spoken: Students use native or advanced fluency in spoken Japanese to interact with those they help by assisting them with words, phrases, and memorized expressions. They will be able to answer questions on very familiar topics.

Course Content

The topics covered in Japanese 2950 are dependent on the content presented in beginning Japanese courses and will vary from one student to another. They include, but are not limited to: Basic interactions like greetings, asking and answering questions, describing people and things, expressing preferences, inviting, accepting, refusing, making purchases, giving directions, requesting information, telling time, and recounting past events; interpretation of basic or simplified texts (e.g., calendars, biographical information, menus, cultural information, poems/songs, maps, advertisements, film reviews, instructions, schedules, websites, surveys); basic expressions and vocabulary (e.g., greetings, school, home, family, possessions, numbers, days, months, public buildings, food, weather, sports); cultural practices and products of Japan (e.g., food, music, transportation, film, housing, media); cultural perspectives in Japan; regional identities; and daily life in Japan.