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”Side-by side Mode”

is recommended

”Gallery View” is
recommended

Microphone off Camera on Do not touch ”record”.

Course introduction
• How to use Zoom room
• About the course

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Zoom Room

Chat (pop-up)

Reactions (pop-up)

In the breakout room, click ”Share”, and choose the file you
want to share, e.g. the downloaded ”breakout” file.

Classroom rules
• Use always camera during the lesson.
• Switch off your microphone in the main room when
someone else is talking.
• Raise your hand when you want to ask questions or
answer to teacher’s questions.
• Show (away mark) or (Be right back)
when you need to leave in front of camera during the
lesson.
• We recommend you to use a computer (not a mobile
phone or a tablet) to attend lessons.

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Question?

Please visit Study Online (in English) or Verktig för

disdansstudier (in Swedish) and read tips and tools for the
distance learning.

Check also Zoom for students (in English) or Zoom för

studenter (in Swedish)

If you have questions or problem related to Zoom, please visit

the supportcafé in Zoom: [Link]
or contact support@[Link] via e-mail.

About the course

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Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
• communicate about studied topics using the standard level of
politeness of Japanese Writing & oral
• use the basic polite inflections of Japanese copula, verbs and
adjectives Writing & oral
• write and read the two phonetic scripts hiragana and
katakana without much difficulty Kana
• write and read about sixty of the most basic ideographical
kanji characters Writing
• explain the origins and basic structure of kanji characters Writing
• pronounce sounds from Japanese so that they can make
themselves understood Oral
• describe how Japanese sounds differ from those of Swedish
or English Kana
Please read the Course Syllabus in Canvas.

Literatures
Textbook: Genki 1 (Chapters 1 to 6)

Reference literatures
(Canvas > JP1050 > Syllabus> Reading List)
 A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
 Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary
 Genki 1 Workbook
 Genki plus: Kanji-Look and Learn
Dictionaries:
You can use both paper dictionaries and online dictionaries. BUT
online dictionaries may contain insufficient/inappropriate
information. Always double-check if the translation really matches
what you want to say.

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Useful apps
OTO Navi
An app for listening to audio material provided with books
published by The Japan Times Publishing. Need this app to
listen sound files for Genki.
[Link]

Hiragana Memory hint

An app to learn Kana by using mnemonic pictures and listening to
how they sounds. Katakana and Kanji versions are also available.
[Link]

Hiragana Memory Hint Worksheets

[Link]
memory-hint-worksheets/

Attendance and study hours

• Lessons: regular lessons twice a week (week 36-43)
and 3 extra kana lessons in week 36-38 (Check the
schedule in Course information in Canvas.)
You are required to attend actively at least 12 of 15 regular lessons
(80%) with a headset and a web camera, to pass this course.

• Study hours: You will need to spend 40 hours per week

studying for this course.
Use materials in Canvas.
 Read weekly information in Course materials
 You can find each week’s homework in Assignments
Study with classmates outside the classroom.
 Group work
Create opportunities to use Japanese in your daily life.
 Watch Japanese movies, listen to Japanese music, find Japanese friends...

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How you plan your study?

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Course Schedule
(Canvas> JP1050 > Modules>Course information > JP1050_course contents)
Lesson day & time
Regular lessons
• Group 1: 13:00-14:30 on Mondays & Thursdays
• Group 2: 9:30-11:00 on Tuesdays & Thursdays
• Group 3: 12:45-14:15 on Tuesdays & Thursdays
Kana lessons
• 10:15-11:15 on Friday (in the first 3 weeks)

• It is allowed to join the other group’s lesson temporally if you can’t attend your
group’s lesson.
• Let your teachers know your absence (or switching groups) in advance by e-mail.
• If you think that you already can read and write both hiragana and katakana fruently,
please stay after today’s lesson and consult with the teacher.

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Preparation: Check what you are going to study in the next lesson and do a
Course contents preparation quizand homework
beforehand.
Review: Use the materials in Canvas and review what you learnd after the lessons .

Assignments

Regular
lessons

Kana
lesson

The course contents is available in Canvas. (Course Information > JP1050 HT24_course contents)

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Course contents and homework

You need to have done and pass all homework to get a
grade in the end of the course.
•Kana & kanji worksheets - weekly
•Online quizzes (Preparation/Grammar/Kana&Kanji
quizzes, passing score: 80%) – weekly
–Online quizzes have a time limit.
–First 2 weeks, you can see correct answers after the due-date.
–From the 3rd week, you can see correct answers directly after taking online quizzes.
–From the 5th week, your average score will be shown as your result.

•Group work & group work report - weekly

•Forum contributions
•Essay

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Examination
Students’ academic achievement is assessed continuously in this course.
In addition to that, there is a final examination for each module.

Kana (3 credits)
Kana test on the 4 Oct. in w.40 (Online written examination)

Written language and proficiency (6 credits)

Final examination (kanji part) in w.44 (Online oral examination)

Oral language proficiency (6 credits)

Final examination (oral part) in w.44 (Online oral examination)

If you decide to quit this course, please deregister from the

course on Ladok. If you need a help, contact support@[Link]
Don’t forget to inform your teacher as well.

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Today’s lesson
• Useful expressions in the classroom
• Introduce yourself
o X wa Y desu
o Question sentences: nan, nan-
nensee, nan/sai
• Numbers (1 to 10) + your age
• Hiragana introduction

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Useful expresssion 1

I don’t understand.
(wakarimasu = to understand)

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Useful expresssion 2

Please say (that) one more time.

or
Please (repeat that), one more time.

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The vowel
becomes
unvoiced after
a voiceless
consonant, s at
the end of a
sentence.

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teacher = sensee (Yoko-sensee)

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Genki pp. 42-43 [pp. 43-44]

=topic marker Grammar Compendium (GC) p. 3

ka

ka

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Ask each other!

teacher = sensee
Student = gakusee
Japanese people = nihon jin
Swedish people = sweden jin

Breakout 1-1

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In the breakout room

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Show material to the others in the

breakout room
1. Download the file: Breakout room
exercises 01 from
Canvas/JP1050/Modules/week36/To
Do List before Online Seminars/To do
list before the first seminar

2. Decide the person who shares the

material in the group.

3. Open the downloaded pdf file on

your computer.

4. Move your mouse pointer to the

bottom of the screen and a new
menu will appear.

5. Click "Share" on the bottom.

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3. Select the opened file

file: Breakout room
exercises 01 (you can
also share your screen).

4. The file will become

green.

5. Click “Share”.

Only the owner (person who shared the mateial) can navigate it (e.g. change
pages, point out etc.) If you want to navigate other student’s material, choose
”remote control” and ask a permission to the owner.

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Japanese

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Genki pp. 42-43 [pp.43-44]

Grammar Compendium (GC) p. 4

=question word ”what?”

(people)

(language)

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What is your major?

Computer English eego

Education
kyooiku Design Spanish

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first year student

(2, 3…)

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issai rokusai

nisai nanasai

sansai hassai

yonsai kyuusai

gosai jussai

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Ask each other

• Are you
(Swedish/Japanese/American/Chinese/etc.)?
• Are you (student/teacher/office worker/etc.)?
• What is your major? (Use ”senkoo”)
• What year are you in? (Use ”nan-nensee”)
• How old are you? (Use ”nan-sai”)

If you know more words, ask further questions

in Japanese! 
Breakout 1-2
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Report the information!

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Let’s study Hiragana!

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Let’s write
Basic rules to write Hiragana
•Rounder-shape than Katakana/Kanji

U KO

•
•
1
2

I 1

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ATTENTION!
Handwriting and
computer fonts may
look different!

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With your good handwriting, you will be able to:

•give people a good impression!
•avoid misunderstanding!
•make a nice calligraphy!

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Canvas
Go to DU home page:
[Link] (Swedish)
[Link]/en (English)

Click ”Student web”

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Canvas
Log in with your
”Username” and ”password”.
Click ”Canvas” to access your course rooms.

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Open page.
Information for
• Course information
future students.
• Weekly folder

You can check

your grades and
comments on
your homework.

Group sign-up

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• Deadline: 23:59, Sunday,

8 September

Check folders: week 34-35 & week 36 in Modules.

•Kana worksheet 1 *
•Group work & Group work report 1*
•Online quizzes*
 Preparation 00, 01 & 02
 Hiragana quiz 1 & 2 Kana lesson:
 Grammar quiz 01 & 02 10:15-11:15 on Friday
 Sound of Japanese 1
•Practice hiragana with online-exercise (Check self-study materials!)

Review, preparation & others

–Review: Today’s lesson
–Read about Hiragana in ”Japanese writing system”(Genki pp.20-24 [pp.24-28])
–Study vocabulary in Genki L1-L2
–Check “To Do List before Online Seminars” in Canvas/Modules/Week36, and study
grammar and vocabulary.
–Do preparation quiz 02.

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