Mrs. Kazue Kaneko Schmitz has been teaching Japanese language courses, level 1 through 4, at Hardaway High School since 1997. She is a native of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and holds an Educational Specialist's Degree
from Columbus State University. She also studied Japanese language methodology at California State University, Long Beach, and is an AP
Japanese language certified teacher.

She has been actively involved in Japanese language competitions such as Japan Bowl, Foreign Language Spoken Contest, and Columbus State University Foreign Language Fair.

She is a member of the Chattahoochee Valley Foreign Language Alliance, Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG), and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL).

Japanese I

Skills
1. Reading Comprehension - To read controlled sentences without charts.
2. Listening Comprehension - To listen and identify meanings.
3. Conversation Skills - To answer and ask questions orally
4. Monologues - To describe what they see in the controlled situation
5 Composition - To write about controlled actions and ideas.
6. Knowledge of grammar rules - To use analytical processes and describe the given situation with proper grammar.
7. Knowledge of situational vocabulary - To recognize the meaning of level appropriate words.
8. Cultural Awareness - To understand and respect others and their culture, and at the same time appreciate their own.

Japanese II

Topics and Skills
1. Shopping
   - Explore cultural differences
   - How to count money and various shape objects
   - How to ask prices of various items
   - How to read store signs
   - How to compare prices
   - How to express personal desires

2. Japanese Schools and American Schools
   - Explore cultural differences
   - How to allow someone to do something
   - How to suggest someone not do something
   - How to express future plans

3. Asking a direction
   - How to ask and give traffic directions

4. Traveling
   - Investigate well-known tour sites in Japan
   - How to introduce our own hometown to someone

5. Leisure activities in Japan
   - Investigate popular leisure activates in Japan

6. Fashion
   - Investigate traditional clothes
   - How to describe people

7. Eating and drinking
   - Investigate Japanese foods and table manners
   - How to read Japanese menus
   - How to order dishes at the restaurants

8. Socializing
   - Investigate common social etiquettes
   - How to call someone over the telephone

Japanese III + IV

Topics
1. Picture Diary
2. Buy and Sell
3. Cooking Demo
4. Announcement
5. Puppet show
6. Show and Tell
7. Storytelling
8. Mini lesson

Skills
The following major skills will be emphasized;
1. Reading Comprehension - Be able to read short stories.
2. Listening Skills - Be able to listen and understand the stories.
3. Composition - be able to write about assigned topics in class.
5. Knowledge of grammar rules - Be able to use analytical processes and describe the given situation with proper grammar.
6. Knowledge of situational vocabulary - Be able to recognize the meaning of level appropriate words.
7. Knowledge of Chinese words so called "Kanji" - be able to read, write, and recognize the meanings of Chinese Characters.
8. Cultural awareness - Be able to understand and respond to others and their culture, and at the same time appreciate your own.

Grading Rules
- Homework - 15%
- In Class Participation/Assignments - 25%
- Project - 20%
- Quiz/Test - 20%
- Final Exam - 20%

Turning in Work
All work, homework, and project assignments must be turned in on time.
Any work turned in late will lose 7% each day from the grade on the paper or project.
For example, on the second day, the most you can get is a 93, and the third the most you can get is an 86, and so on.
Work not turned in on the 6th day will result in a zero.