AP/JP2000 6.0 Intermediate Modern Standard Japanese

Japanese Studies Program at York University

Instructions for writing assignments

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Note:

Please consider each writing assignment as a 'take-home test.' You are allowed to use dictionaries only.
Breach of the academic honesty policy such as plagiarism (e.g. cutting and pasting other people's work)
or asking native speakers to check your work will be dealt with according to the university rules and
regulations. 

Format:

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

http://buna.arts.yorku.ca/japanese/genko.html

Length: one page (strictly observed)

• How to use genkoo-yooshi
• Type in horizontally.
• Title and name on 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 、.
• Use Header for the title 「　　　」and your name.
  

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

Fall Semsester:
Please use -desu, -masu style.

Winter Semseter:

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.

Submission

Please submit each assignment in the assignment drop box of your course on Moodle.

URL:     https://moodle.yorku.ca/

• 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.
This is to assist you to improve your writing and receive better marks.

Late submission
Please observe the due date. You cannot submit the assignment after the due date set on the Moodle drop box.

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

Please contact your instructor in such a case IN ADVANCE.

Evaluation

The following criteria are used to assess assignments.

Criteria	Points
Content	10
Organization	10
Structure	10
Expressions/Vocabulary	10
Writing	10

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Norio Ota <nota@yorku.ca>