AP/JP3000 6.0 Advanced Modern Standard Japanese

Japanese Studies Program at York University

Instructions for written assignments

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Format:

Please use the type-in manuscript paper genkoo-yooshi for the Japanese text (MS Word)　at the following URL.

https://buna.yorku.ca/japanese/genko.html

Length: one page (strictly observed)

• How to use genkoo-yooshi
• Type in horizontally.
• Use Header to insert the title with the quotation marks 「　　　　」 and your name above the first line .
• Leave one box empty at the beginning of each paragraph.
• Use one box for 。、ゃ・ゅ・ょ・っ
• Do not start a line with 。or 、.
• Please use Header to include the title 「　　　」and your name.

Please submit English translation of each assignment using a separate MS Word document.

Style

Please use writing style unless instructed otherwise.

• Writing style
• Use casual forms.
• Do not use - desu, -masu forms
• Use - da, -datta, -dearu, -deatta, -ru, -ta, -I, -katta
• Use of renyoo-chuushi-kee 連用中止形　yomi, kaki, hanashi, ....
• Do not use honorifics unless necessary.
• Do not use colloquial structures, expressions and vocabulary.

Software and Apps for Writing and Translation

Please feel free to use available software or apps for writing and translation to improve your writing.
You cannot ask someone to write your assignment or ask someone to proof-read it. That would constitute breach of the academic honesty policy.  

• Systran
• Excite Translator
• Bing Translator

Submission

Please send assignments to the following address as an E-mail attachment.

Assignment drop box

• Format
• Please name each assignment using the following format.
• #x_title_jp or en_draft or final_name
• #2_best_teacher_jp_final_niki
• #2_rvw_en_draft_niki

Feeback: colour-coded

Your writing assignments (draft version) will be returned to you with the following colour codes depending on the errors or
suggested improvement. Please rewrite the draft and submit the final version for assessment.

文字（もじ）・表記 （ひょうき）	character/spelling
語彙（ごい）	vocabulary
表現（ひょうげん）	expression
構文（こうぶん）	structure
文体（ぶんたい）	style
V 挿入（そうにゅう）	insert

Rewriting

You have two weeks to rewrite the colour-coded draft upon receiving it from the instructor.

Late submission

Late submission might be allowed for special circumstances with the instructor’s discretion - illness, accident, death in the family, etc.

Late submission could be subject to penalty (5% reduction per day).

Evaluation

The following criteria are used to assess assignments.

· Content                                    20                       

· Organization                            10

· Structure                                  10

· Expression/Vocabulary            10

· Writing                                     10

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Norio Ota <nota@yorku.ca>