Linguistics at UP

Here is our schedule for the remaining of the semester. Please take note of the exam dates, and the submission of requirements for your research paper.

Date Activity
Feb. 4 Report of Jeva, Kaye, Mona: Language Games, Syntax discussion
Feb. 6 Syntax discussion
Feb. 11 Syntax discussion, Report of Abie, Jay, Divine: Semantic analysis of Genitive case, Research topic approval
Feb. 13 Exam 03
Feb. 18 Semantics discussion, Report of Pete, Edz, Shey: Boundaries of men and women speech, Submission of RRL
Feb. 20 Report of Alyssa, May, Kei, Semantics discussion
Feb. 25 Semantics discussion, Report of April, Elaine, Jem: Lingusitic analysis of gender identity in manga, Submission of flow of research
Feb. 27 Exam 04
Mar. 4, 6, 11 Consultation
Mar. 13, 18, 20 Presentation and Submission of 1st Draft
G8 (April, Elaine, Jem); G7 (Alyssa, May, Kei); G6 (Edz, Pete, Shey); G5 (Abie, Divine, Jay); G4 (Jeva, Kaye, Mona); G3 (Danna, David, Maan); G2 (Abi, Aya); G1 (Ena, Iji, Mike);

From the Japan Foundation, Manila Office:

The JF Manila Lecture Series is in pursuit of Japan Foundation’s objective of enhancing mutual understanding through the promotion of human exchange among those who seek professional encouragement, and further development in the field of Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education in the Philippines.

The topic for this session is “The Acquisition of the Japanese Benefactive Construction of Filipino Japanese Language Learners”; the speaker is Armina M. Alcala, Ph.D. She obtained her Doctorate Degree in the field of Japanese Language Education from the Osaka University; she was in Japan for five years and came back in September 2008. She will present her doctoral thesis, which determines the problems encountered by Filipino Japanese language learners when they study the Benefactive Construction　(“AGEMASU”, “MORAIMASU” and ‘KUREMASU’). She will also have suggestions on how the Benefactive Construction could be taught to Filipino Japanese language learners.

It is a good opportunity for Nihongo teachers, as well as current and future researchers of Japanese Language Education, to know the learning process of Filipino students. We hope that you will join this 40th Session!    Don’t miss it!

*Interested parties will please confirm attendance BEFORE the specified date*
Ms.C. E. J. Aquino (cejaquino@jfmo.org.ph), tel. # 811-61-55 / fax # 811-61-53
Ms.Natsumi Waguri (nwaguri@jfmo.org.ph),  Mr.Yasuyuki Niimi (yniimi@jfmo.org.ph)

If you have time, please include this in your schedule. It will be on January 29, 2009, 6pm at the Japan Foundation Library, Pacific Star Building. The building is in the corner of Buendia Ave.  and Makati Ave.

As I have announced in class last meeting, we will be having two presentations on Wednesday, Jan. 21. We will start with Ena’s group then with Aya’ team. The presentation of course will be evaluated. The criteria are the following:

Content (Topic is instructive, mind-provoking and relevant: 15pts), Organization (Objective is well-outlined and discussion of points is well-structured, plus presentors are able to answer questions about their topic: 20pts), Delivery (Clear and loud voice: 5pts)

Each group will have 30-40 minutes including Q&A. Please prepare hand-outs for your classmates and a summary (to be submitted before the day of the presentation) for me. The topics will be included in our morpho quiz on Jan. 23.

では、また。