LALI 4012 Course Schedule Revised

Spring 2015

Date

Content

Week 1

Japanese Society

01/21 (Wednesday)

Syllabus, Course Schedule, Introduction

ePortfolio Due

Quiz/ Deadlines

What kind of country is Japan?

Week 2

Japanese Seasons and Holidays

01/26 (Monday)

Japanese seasons and Holidays

Self Introduction

Textbook (TB):
153-158

01/28 (Wednesday)

Japanese food culture/ Table manner

Mini Research
(Annual Events)

Week 3

Japanese Food Culture

02/02 (Monday)

Experiencing Setsubun

Seasons and

Quiz on Japanese Food for Oishi Japan Event

Annual Events

02/04 (Wednesday)
02/07 (Saturday)

Japanese food culture/ Table manner

Making a Quiz

Quiz on Japanese Food for Oishi Japan Event

Japanese food

Oishii Japan

Extra Credit 1

Memphis Botanic Garden 12:00-2:00

Week 4

Japanese Home and Daily Life

02/09 (Monday)

Life in Japan

Japanese Food

TB: 119-133,
217-222

02/11 (Wednesday)

Life in Japan

TB: 61-70, 179-186

Week 5
02/16 (Monday)

Snow Day

02/18 (Wednesday)

Snow Day

Week 6

Japanese Traditional Arts

02/23 (Monday)

Japanese Traditional Arts

Life in Japan

TB: 71-82

Japanese calligraphy
02/25 (Wednesday)

Hands-on Activity - Calligraphy

2/26 (Thursday)

Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery, Japanese Taiko

Extra Credit 2

Drumming Performance

Week 7

Cool Japan

03/02 (Monday)

Talk on Japan 12:00-2:00

03/02 (Monday)

Japanese popular culture and modern culture

03/04 (Wednesday)

Japanese popular culture and modern culture

Effects on business and economy (pair-work)

Extra Credit 3

Traditional Arts

Individual research
paper Topic

Week 8

Spring Break

03/09 (Monday)

Spring Break

03/11 (Wednesday)

Spring Break

Week 9

Cool Japan/ Japanese Hospitality

03/16 (Monday)

Finding a Topic for Digital Project (due 4/20)

Japanese hospitality consideration for others

03/18 (Wednesday)

Mini Research Presentation (Cool Japan)

Cool Japan

Effects on business and economy

Week 10

Japanese Hospitality/ Japanese Religion

03/23 (Monday)

Japanese hospitality consideration for others

Mini Research
(Cool Japan)

Hands-on Activity - Tea Ceremony

03/25 (Wednesday)

Japanese temples and shrines

Week 11

Japanese Films

03/30 (Monday)

Japanese Films

04/01 (Wednesday)

Japanese Films

Week 12

Japanese Mind

04/06 (Monday)

Japanese mind

Hospitality

TB: 201-216

Religion

TB: 9-21, 51-59,

83-101

04/08 (Wednesday)

Japanese mind

Films

TB: 115-118,
143-152, 159-163

Week 13

Traveling to Japan/ Japanese School Life

04/13 (Monday)

Japanese school life

04/15 (Wednesday)

Preparation for the trip, Useful Japanese

Week 14

Traveling to Japan/ Japanese School Life

04/20 (Monday)

Traveling to Japan (pair-work)

TB: 187-199
Japanese Mind

TB: 233-243

Digital Project Due

Showing Digital Project in the class

04/22 (Wednesday)

Mini Research (Travel Plan including

recommended temple or shrine)

Trip to Japan

Mini Research
(Travel Plan)

Week 15

Final Project Presentation

04/27 (Monday)

Final project presentation

Final presentation

04/29 (Wednesday)

Final project presentation

Final presentation

* The schedule is subject to change.