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First week Schedule (subject to change)

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Please read everything on this page very carefully. It's probably best if you print out this page. Be sure to get yourself familialized with the class rules and this site. (webcam section doesn't' apply to a hybrid course.)

Some information is repeated multiple times so that you don't have to look for the information.

If you have any questions, send your questions to the mailing list (see above). Don't send your questions only to the instructor. Please include your full name to your e-mail. Some of your e-mail address is far different from your real name, and I cannot tell whose e-mail it is just by looking at your e-mail address. In order to keep track of who asked what questions, etc., I need to know your name. You have to be a member of the mailing list. Read below. Class Rules are here.

In the first week, we will learn how to use the web, hiragana and how to type in Japanese.

First week Schedule (subject to change)

Monday - Thursday: Online Quiz/Assignments are accessible starting at 3 PM for 24 hour.
Friday: Online Quiz/Assignments are accessible starting at 3 PM for 48 hour.

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Month	Day	In Class	Online Quiz/Assignment	Quiz/Test Result
Jan.	11 (M)
		You send all of your correspondenses to the mailing list. But you must be a member of the mailing list to be able to send e-mails. Use this "Help" section to know more about Google Groups.
	12 (T)	Intro. to Class.	In order to use the Interactive page, you have to use the user ID and password assigned to you. These are different from your UH ID and password. Your user name is "last name " + "." + "firstname initial". Your password is your student ID number. For further information, go here. Send self-intro to the mailing list. Work on this "Class rule knowledge confirmation Quiz" (You need to know the user ID descried above) Be familiar with all of the information on this site. Especially, you have to know the class rules. Fill out this information page. Read how to type in Japanese: Here. and work on Typing Exercise 1 (You can submit the above exercise more than once.) Click here and introduce yourself in Japanese. You will be making a lot of recording like this during the semester. Type "Your Full name -Self-Intro" to "your name."View this QuickTime movie to see how to make a web recording.
	You can submit all of the exercises above more than once. The main purpose is to get used to typing Japanese and the online style of submission.
	13 (W)		Typing Exercise 2, カタカナ Type Ex. 1, Sentence Type Ex. 01, (You can submit these exercises more than once.) Virtual Online Conversation Practice 1.
	Additional Typing Exercises: Exercise 3, Exercise 4,Exercise 5, カナ Type Ex 2, Sentence Type Ex. 02, Sentence Type Ex. 3. We'll use the virtual online conversation system quit often. Make sure you have the latest flash plug-in installed. Be sure to practice and get used to this. There are many guides once you click on the link above.
	14 (Th)	Review. Download and print this before coming to class.	Record: 1A: tb.p.161 練習 Practice. Use this tb.161 in case you cannot find 1A. Virtual Online Conversation Practice 2.
	For the recording "1A: tb.p.161 練習 Practice," go to the textbook 1A (used in Japanese 101) page 161, you find the "練習 Practice" at the bottom of this page. Read the three sentences there in Japanese and also read the English meaning.
	15 (F)		Record: 1A: tb.p.205 練習 Practice. Use this tb.205 in case you cannot find 1A. You'll have a Verb Conjugation Quiz on Tuesday. This is a practice quiz. You can take this more than once. The result of this practice quiz will not affect your grade.
	18 (M)		You'll have a Verb Conjugation Quiz on Tuesday. This is a practice quiz. You can take this more than once. The result of this practice quiz will not affect your grade. Online Kanji Quiz Practice.
	We'll have online kanji quiz for each chapter. Use the above to practice. The practice is the view of 101 kanji. You pronounce the kanji and say the English meaning. You can submit this as many as you want. This quiz will be accessible at 3 PM for 48 hours. Quizzes are only accessible during the designated time (Monday - Thursday: Online Quiz/Assignments are accessible starting at 3 PM for 24 hour. Friday: Online Quiz/Assignments are accessible starting at 3 PM for 48 hour.). You can access exercises any time but it stores your answers only during the designated time. Your answers are stored fine if you get this message after you send your answers.
	19 (T)	Review	Verb Conjugation Review Quiz. You can submit the quiz only once.	Here.
	20(W)		Record: 1A: tb.p.244 練習 Practice. If you can't find 1A, use this tb.244.
	21 (Th)	Lesson 7	Vocab. Quiz 1
	22 (F)		Lesson 7 Schedule.