Associate Professor Erica Zimmerman

FJ486E Japanese Language and Society AY2015 Spring

Associate Professor Erica Zimmerman Class Schedule: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods, MWF Office: G063 Phone: x6376 E-mail: [email protected] Class Website: www.nihongoganbaru.com Office Hours and EI: By appointment (I will usually be in the office until 15:30 pm, MWF)

Proposed Schedule AY2015 Spring Monday Wednesday Friday Week 1 １月 7 日１月 9 日 Introduction What is the Japanese language? Week 2 １月１ 2 日１月 14 日１月 16 日 Week 3 １月 20 日１月 21 日１月 23 日 Tuesday is Monday Week 4 １月 26 日 1 月 28 日 1 月 30 日 Week 5 2 月 2 日 2 月 4 日２月 6 日 6th Week exam Male/Female Speech Week 6 ２月 9 日２月 11 日２月 13 日 Academic Reserve Week 7 ２月 16 日２月 18 日２月 20 日 No Class Aizuchi President’s Day Week 8 ２月 23 日２月 25 日 2 月 27 日 Week 9 3 月 2 日 3 月 4 日３月 6 日 Addressee Honorifics/Plain Form Week 10 ３月 9 日３月 11 日３月 13 日 Video Spring ３月 16 日３月 18 日３月 20 日 Break No Class No Class No Class Week 11 ３月 23 日３月 25 日３月 27 日 12th Week Exam Being a foreigner in Japan Week 12 3 月 30 日 4 月 1 日 4 月 3 日 Academic Reserve Week 13 ４月 6 月４月 8 日４月 10 日 Identity Construction Week 14 ４月 13 日４月 15 日４月 17 日 Week 15 ４月 20 日４月 22 日４月 24 日 Meeting with professor Work on Projects Work on Projects about projects Week 16 ４月 27 日４月 29 日 Preparation for Practice for presentations Presentations Turn in Final Paper Weekly Schedules and Homework

Week Date Topic Homework Week 1 1/7 Introduction None 1/9 What is the Japanese language? Gottlieb: Chapter 1 p. 1-17 Discussion Leader

DL: ______Week 2 1/12 Language Diversity in Japan Chapter 2 p. 18-38

DL: ______1/14 Dialects discussion DL: Zimmerman 1/16 Language and national identity: Chapter 3 p. 39-54 evolving views DL: ______Week 3 1/20 Tuesday Language and identity: the policy Chapter 4 p. 55-77 is a Monday approach DL: ______1/21 Writing and reading in Japan Chapter 5 p. 78-99

DL: ______1/23 First Article Review Due

Week 4 1/26 Representation and identity: Chapter 6 p. 100-119 discriminatory language DL: ______1/28 Shifting electronic identities Chapter 7: p. 120-136

DL: ______1/30 Current Cyberculture practices Project: Tentative Topic Due DL: Zimmerman Week 5 2/2 Wrap up and prepare for exam Chapter 8 p. 137-145 DL: ALL 2/4 6th Week Exam Study for exam 2/6 Male/Female Speech Okamoto (1995)

DL: ______Week 6 2/9 Ohara and Saft (2003)

DL: ______2/11 Ohara (2004)

DL: ______2/13 Discussion and Wrap up Week 7 2/16 No No Class No Homework Classes! 2/18 Discussion and Wrap up 2/20 Aizuchi White (1989) DL: Zimmerman Week 8 2/23 McGloin (1998)

DL: ______2/25 Kita & Ide (2007)

DL: ______2/27 Discussion and Wrap up Project: List of articles due with tentative thesis statement Week 9 3/2 Addressee Honorifics/Plain Form Ikuta (2008)

DL: ______

3/4 Cook (1999)

DL: ______3/6 Cook (2008)

DL: ______Week 3/9 Cook (1996) Japanese Language 10 Socialization article

DL: ______3/11 Discussion and Wrap up Second Article Review Due 3/13 Watch Video in class: Dr. No homework Matsumoto: Contemporary Japanese Culture and Psychology 02MAR2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=csU8PX2bnAE Spring 3/16 No Class No Class Break 3/18 3/20 Week 3/23 Discuss video and prepare for exam Study for Exam 11 3/25 12th Week Exam Study for Exam 3/27 Being a foreigner in Japan Introduction: Zimmerman Week 3/30 Siegal (1995) 12 DL: ______4/1 Siegal (1996)

DL: ______4/3 Iino (2006)

DL: ______Week 4/6 Identity Construction Nishizaka (1995) 13 DL: ______4/8 Nishizaka (1999)

DL: ______4/10 Project: Outline of paper due Tai (1996)

DL: ______Week 4/13 Fukuda (2006) 14 DL: ______4/15 Zimmerman (2007)

DL: Zimmerman 4/17 Discussion and Wrap up Week 4/20 Meeting with professor about Work on projects 15 projects 4/22 Work on Projects Work on projects 4/24 Work on Projects Work on projects Week 4/27 Preparation for Presentations Prep for presentation 16 4/29 Practice for presentations Will do demo presentation in Turn in Final Paper class Final Paper is due today!