JASC
Japan America Society of Colorado
Japan Cup 2008 Online Activities

presented by
Colorado Japanese Language Education Association
Question Making Committee
CJLEA

Click to see Study Guide & Sample Questions. Students who will compete in higher levels should learn the materials that are listed in the lower levels.

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漢字 (Kanji)

Concentration

1. Level II
A. One-Kanji Expressions
B. Two-Kanji Expressions
C. Three-Kanji Expressions
D. Kanji + Okurigana


2. Level III
A. One-Kanji Expressions
B. Two-Kanji Expressions
C. Three-Kanji Expressions
D. Kanji + Okurigana


3. Level IV
A. One-Kanji Expressions
B. Two-Kanji Expressions
C. Three-Kanji Expressions
D. Kanji + Okurigana


4. Level College
A. One-Kanji Expressions
B. Two-Kanji Expressions
C. Three-Kanji Expressions
D. Four-Kanji Expressions
E. Kanji + Okurigana

人名 (Family Name)

Drag & Drop

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College

地名 (Place Name)

Drag & Drop

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College
D. Level IV & College Tokyo Area

四字熟語 (Kanji Idiom)

Level IV and College only.
A. Kanji Idiom concentration
B. Kanji Idiom Drag & Drop

ことわざ・慣用表現 (Proverb & Idiom)

1. Sentence Mix

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College

2. Drag and Drop

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College

重ね言葉(Onomatopoeia)

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College

動物の鳴き声(Animal Sound)

1) Drag & Drop
A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College

2) Sound & Picture Matching
A. Level II-a
B. Level II-b
C. Level III-a
D. Level III-b
E. Level IV & College

カタカナ(Katakana)

Sentence Mix

A. Level II
B. Level III
C. Level IV & College
Acknowledgement

Japan-America Society of Washington DC
This year's Colorado Japan Cup will include questions based on the non-language categories and topics and the list of family and place names in Kanji that were included in the 2008 Japan Bowl Competition Guide, prepared by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC.

Center for Applied Second Language Studies, University of Oregon
The original benchmarks, the Oregon Japanese Oral Benchmark, for the Japan Cup language tasks were developed by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies of the University of Oregon.

Dennie Hoopingarner, Associate Director for Technology Implementation and FLASH template Designer, of the Center for Languages Education and Research at Michigan State University.

CJLEA Question Making Committee
Masako Beecken, Chair (Colorado State University)
Katheleen Ajisaka (Association of Teachers of Japanese, University of Colorado at Boulder)
Junko Fujimoto (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Michael Kleinkopf (Boulder High School)
Rie Seaver (Montclair Academy)

Questions or Comments?
E-mail Junko.Fujimoto@colorado.edu.

Last updated February 12, 2008