2012 Rules Study Guide

2012 Rules & Study Guide 1
Table of Contents 1. What is J‐CAP………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 2. J‐Cap Competition Rules………………………………………………………………………………...4 2.1. Eligibility…………………………………………………………………………………….…4 2.2. Application Process…………………………………………………………………….….4 2.3. The Team……………………………………………………………………………………….5 2.3.1. Organization……………………………………………………………………..5 2.3.2. Participation……………………………………………………………………..5 2.3.3. Recommendations/Suggestions………………………………………..5 2.4. Observers……………………………………………………………………………………….5 2.5. Proper Conduct………………………………………………………………………………5 3. J‐CAP Procedure………………………………………………………………………………………………5 3.1. Registration…………………………………………………………………………………….5 3.2. Preliminary Round………………………………………………………………………….6 3.3. Lunch………………………………………………………………………………………………6 3.4. Final Round……………………………………………………………………………………..6 3.5. Closing Ceremony & Awards……………………………………………………………6 4. Competition Format…………………………………………………………………………………………7 5. Introduction to J‐CAP Quiz Show………………………………………………………………………8 5.1. Game Board……………………………………………………………………………………..8 5.2. Thematic Columns……………………………………………………………………………8 5.3. Question Squares……………………………………………………………………………..9 6. Proficiency Levels……………………………………………………………………………………………10 6.1. Kanji & Kana……………………………………………………………………………………10 6.1.1. Kanji List LEVEL II……………..………………………………………………10 6.1.2. Kanji List LEVEL III……………………………………………………………10 2
6.1.3. Kanji List LEVEL IV……………………………………………………………11 6.2. Ai Love Bunpou………………………………………………………………………….…..11 6.3. When in Japan……………………………………………………………………………..…13 6.4. Expressive Expressions………………………………………………………………….13 6.5. Do you know Tango……………………………………………………….………….......15 7. Example J‐CAP Questions…………………………………………………………………………….….16 3
1.
What is J-CAP?
J-CAP stands for Japanese Culture and Academic Proficiency.
The goal of J-CAP is to reward and encourage the study of Japanese through challenging and
enjoyable competitions and cultural activities. Teams of students compete by answering questions
about Japanese culture, grammar, kanji, katakana, and expressions both verbally and in writing.
J-CAP also celebrates the study of Japanese by providing an active setting for interactions with
students from other schools.
Put your Japanese thinking CAP on!
2. J-CAP COMPETITION RULES
All students and teachers should carefully review each of the following rules.
2.1 ELIGIBILITY
The J-CAP competition is open to high school students who are currently enrolled in Levels II, III, and IV
Japanese language classes.
Level II - students in their second year of Japanese language study.
Level III - students in their third year of Japanese language study.
Level IV - students in their fourth year of Japanese language study or in AP Japanese.
Please note the following rules concerning eligibility:
a. Students who have skipped a level of language study in school may only compete at the J-CAP
level in which they are currently enrolled.
b. Competing in the J-CAP at one level higher than the student’s level in school is permitted.
Competing at levels lower than the student’s level in school is NOT permitted.
c. Students who are native speakers of Japanese or use Japanese at home are not eligible to
compete.
d. Students who have spent more than 3 months or longer in Japan on a study or home-stay program,
had private tutoring, taken college level courses, or had other significant exposure to the Japanese
language outside of the high school curriculum are asked to complete a form describing those
experiences and to attach a letter from their Japanese language teacher explaining the
appropriateness of their participation.
e. Students taking the AP Japanese Language and Culture courses are eligible to apply for 2012
competition.
2.2 APPLICATION PROCESS
To participate in the J-CAP, students must complete and submit the application by February 1, 2012. Any
student with concerns about eligibility should submit a letter of explanation along with the application form.
Each case will be screened by Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana and the student and teacher will be
notified of their decision.
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2.3 THE TEAM
2.3.1 Organization
a. For each level of competition, a team must be comprised of 2 or 3 students. One student does not
constitute a team.
b. Only in cases of emergency on the day of the competition may a team compete with 2 students or use
their alternate team member. In order for an alternate to participate, his/her application and agreement
forms must have been submitted and approved in advance. Each team may register only one alternate
student.
2.3.2 Participation on the day of the J-CAP
a. Participating students are asked to remain throughout the day in case of a tie or default and to
encourage and learn from those who compete in the Final Round.
b. Competing students must arrive at their assigned rooms 5 minutes prior to the competition’s start. Late
teams risk forfeiting their position.
c. For the Final Round, all teams should be present 5 minutes before the competition begins. If a team is
not present, its position will be forfeited to the next highest scoring team.
2.3.3 Recommendations / Suggestions
a. For optimum balance, a team should be comprised of members whose strengths include the areas of
culture, grammar, listening comprehension, visuals, etc.
2.4 OBSERVERS
a. The preliminary quiz show rounds are not open to observers. Only the competing teams, moderators,
timekeepers, and scorekeepers are allowed in the competition rooms.
b. The cultural workshops, final rounds, and closing ceremony are open to the public. Parents, siblings,
and friends are welcome to attend along with participating students and teachers.
c. Lunches may be ordered for non-participants by submitting the enclosed lunch order form to the Japan
Society of San Diego and Tijuana office prior to the competition.
2.5 PROPER CONDUCT
a. All participants are expected to dress in a manner which is appropriate for an academic event.
b. Students are expected to use appropriate language and be respectful to competition moderators at all
times. Inappropriate language in either English or Japanese will not be tolerated at the competition
under any circumstances.
3. J-CAP PROCEDURE
3.1 REGISTRATION
a. All participating students and teachers must register.
b. Each team will be assigned a team number as well as the room name or number where the Preliminary
Rounds will take place.
c. Each student will receive a registration packet containing a program, T-shirt ticket, lunch ticket,
competition room assignments, and cultural workshop schedules.
d. Each teacher will receive a program, T-shirt ticket, lunch ticket, and invitation to the professional
development workshops.
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e. In cases of emergency on the day of the competition, teams may compete with 2 students or use their
alternate team member. In order for an alternate to participate, his/her student agreement form must
have been submitted and approved in advance (See Section 2 for details).
3.2 PRELIMINARY ROUND
a. The Preliminary Rounds are not open to the public. Only the competing teams and moderators are
allowed in the competition rooms.
b. After the completion of each section of the Preliminary Rounds, scores will be posted in the registration
area. If there is a tie which would result in 4 or more teams occupying the top three positions, a
tiebreaker round will be held among the teams involved in the tie. The winning team in the tiebreaker
will advance to the Final Round of competition.
c. When students are competing in the Preliminary Rounds, teachers are invited to attend a workshop.
This is an excellent opportunity to network and exchange ideas. All teachers are encouraged to attend.
d. While students are competing in the Preliminary Rounds, parents and other community members are
invited to attend cultural workshops & demonstrations.
3.3 LUNCH
a. All participating students, teachers, and volunteers will receive a lunch ticket.
b. Non-participants may pre-order lunches by submitting the lunch order form to the Japan Society of San
Diego and Tijuana office at least two weeks prior to the competition. Lunches may not be ordered on
the day of the event.
3.4 FINAL ROUND
a. The 3 top-scoring teams in the Preliminary Rounds at each level will advance to the Final
Rounds.
b. All teams must be present in the room designated for the Final Round 5 minutes prior to the
start of the competition. If a team is not present, its position will be forfeited to the next highest
scoring team in the Preliminary Rounds.
3.5 CLOSING CEREMONY AND AWARDS
All teams must be present to receive their certificates and/or awards
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4. COMPETITION FORMAT
A quiz-show-style game is used to determine the placement of teams in the Final Round.
Preliminary Rounds:
1. Quiz Show Activity:
a. On an electronic game board, all possible points are shown in 5 columns of
different themes. Each question is selected by the previous question’s winner. Each question contains an individually answerable question and a supplemental
bonus team question.
i. A team may only get a bonus team question upon correctly answering the
individual question.
b. The Quiz Show Activity’s total team points will be used to determine which three
teams qualify for the Final Round.
Final Round:
1. Advancement to Final Round:
a. Only the three highest scoring teams of each competition level are invited to the
Final Round.
b. The Final Round is a more challenging version of the Quiz Show Activity, with an
electronic game board, individual speed questions, team bonus questions, and
the ability to select themes and values of questions.
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5. INTRODUCTION TO J-CAP QUIZ SHOW
5.1 – GAME BOARD
J-CAP Quiz Show features a game board consisting of questions and their respective point
values. This game board will be projected on a large screen for competitors to clearly see.
J-Quiz Game board:
Kanji & Kana
Ai Love
Bunpou
When in
Japan… Expressive
Expressions
Do you know
Tango?
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10
10
10
20
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20
20
30
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
40
50
50
50
50
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5.2 THEMATIC COLUMNS
The J-CAP quiz show game board features five columns, each with five question sets. Each
column focuses on one theme chosen prior to the competition by the J-CAP Academic
Committee.
Kanji & Kana
Ai Love Bunpou
When in Japan
Expressive Expressions
Do you know Tango
tests the student’s ability to read and understand hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
tests the student’s grammatical skills
questions regarding cultural customs in Japan
questions about specific Japanese terminology for expressions
wide variety of vocabulary questions
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5.3 QUESTION SQUARES
Each question selection yields:
Part 1 - Toss-up questions: Students hit a buzzer to answer questions. Points for a
correct answer are awarded to that student’s team. a. Any student on a team may answer toss-up questions. Students must hit a buzzer to
signal. The first student to signal will be called upon to answer the question.
b. Conferring among students is not allowed and will result in disqualification from
that question.
c. After signaling, a student must wait until called upon before answering. Answers given
prior to being called upon will not be recognized.
d. There is no partial credit for partially correct answers. There is a penalty for an
incorrect response.
e. If an answer is incorrect, the point value of the question will be deducted from your
score.
f. A student from any team that has not already given an incorrect response may answer
the question.
Part 2- Bonus Team questions: If the toss-up question is answered correctly, the
answering student’s team has the chance to answer the attached bonus question as a team. Answers are decided by the team within 30 seconds. If the team’s answer to the bonus question is incorrect, it is not open to the other teams.
*** When answering in full sentences in Japanese, students must use the polite
forms (です・ます) when responding.
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6. PROFICIENCY LEVELS Questions will be based on the following descriptions of proficiency levels, which describe what
students are expected to do with the language and on which topics they can converse at each
level:
6.1 KANJI & K ANA
For questions featuring katakana, students will be asked to read, give the meaning of the
katakana words, and understand which words are presented in katakana form.
All questions from this series will ask students to read, pronounce, and translate the following
listed kanji. Though not all of the kanji listed will be used in the J-Quiz, ONLY the kanji listed in
the study guide will be used. Kanji compounds composed of the listed kanji may also be used in
J-Quiz.
6.1.1 KANJI LIST FOR LEVEL II:
一
二
三
四
五
六
七
八
九
十
百
千
万
円
日
月
明
曜
火
水
木
金
土
週
年
今
毎
時
間
午
後
前
分
半
何
回
末
休
上
下
左
右
人
男
女
父
母
子
家
族
自
姉
兄
妹
弟
友
本
語
学
校
話
書
見
言
先
生
小
中
高
大
行
来
出
入
口
会
外
国
駅
山
川
Kanji compounds composed of those in the above list, including, for example:
大人
家族
出口
今日
休日
自分
6.1.2 KANJI LIST FOR LEVEL III:
The following kanji as well as those in the Level II list:
朝
夜
春
夏
秋
冬
天
気
雨
雪
風
花
海
町
耳
目
手
足
頭
体
心
気
持
思
元
病
強
弱
売
買
安
高
新
古
色
赤
青
白
黒
好
物
校
紙
勉
試
験
運
動
聞
音
楽
料
理
食
飲
院
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東
西
南
北
所
方
電
車
番
帰
住
店
屋
銀
Kanji compounds composed of kanji in the Level II and III lists, including, for example:
気持
勉強
元気
新聞
物語
6.1.3 KANJI LIST FOR LEVEL IV:
The following kanji as well as the Level II and Level III lists:
世
界
地
図
鉄
道
旅
場
線
階
門
戸
次
当
歩
通
立
引
開
閉
始
終
住
待
持
考
急
決
早
近
遠
多
少
枚
最
全
部
悪
無
知
配
使
卒
業
仕
事
映
画
生
活
医
者
社
産
業
作
理
科
由
興
味
習
歌
英
泣
笑
肉
鳥
問
題
Kanji compounds composed of the kanji in the Level II, III, and IV lists, including:
安全
最大
仕事
現代
心配
無理
6.2 AI LOVE BUNPOU: GRAMMATICAL KNOWLEDGE OF JAPANESE
Questions from the Ai Love Bunpou section will test students’ abilities to use correct grammatical forms of Japanese sentences to complete language tasks. This includes the usage
of particles, conjugations, and formalities.
LEVEL II
Content: self, food and drinks, animals, school, calendar, seasons, weather, location, clothing,
families, hobbies, description of people and things.
Language Tasks: Questions may ask students to use greetings, give self-introduction, express
numbers and quantity, ask and tell about time, express likes and dislikes, describe daily events,
identify people and things, describe location, use -te form to describe ongoing events, use
causal phrases, use permission and prohibition patterns.
Language Task Question Examples:
Accuracy: A friend is asking you where the post office is. Tell her that it is close to the bank
and in front of the convenience store.
ゆうびんきょくはぎんこうにちかいです。そして、コンビニの前にあります。
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Communication: Give a self-introduction in Japanese. Include your name, grade in school, age,
and hobby.
はじめまして。私はジョンスミスです。こうこうさんねんせいで１８さいです。しゅみはど
くしょです。
LEVEL III:
Content: All content from Level II PLUS shopping, health and sickness, restaurant, occupations,
schedules, travel and transportation, school, parties and celebrations, family and home, leisure
time activities
Language Tasks: Questions may ask students to report/describe past, current, and future
events, use modifying clauses, give advice, express preferences, express frequency, state
opinions, explain state, physical characteristics, and personality traits.
Language Task Question Examples:
Accuracy: Listen and say this phrase accurately in English.
茶色の／茶色いぼうしをかぶっている若い男の人はだれですか。
Who is that young man wearing a brown hat?
Communication: In Japanese, please explain to your teacher why you did not do your
homework last night.
ゆうべ、かぜで頭がいたくて早く寝ましたから宿題をしませんでした。
LEVEL IV:
Content: All content from Level II and Level III PLUS telephone, community, future plans, parts
of the house, basic furniture and household items.
Language Tasks: Questions may ask students to express future intentions, use causative,
passive, potential, and causative-passive forms, use “if” patterns, compare things, negotiate routine telephone exchanges, express attitudes and personal feelings, give directions.
Language Task Question Examples:
Accuracy: In Japanese, please explain to your host family that you cannot eat natto because if
you do, your stomach will hurt.
すみませんが、納豆が食べられません。食べたら、おなかが痛くなります。
Communication: Please ask your supervisor in Japanese if it is OK to take Monday and
Tuesday off to spend time with your grandmother who is sick.
すみませんが、祖母が病気で一緒にいたいので、月曜日と火曜日仕事を休んでもよろしいでし
ょうか。
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6.3 WHEN IN JAPAN…. Non-Language Knowledge of Japan
Society and Daily Life: Food, Clothing, Housing, Festivals, Holidays, Religion
Things you see and find in Japan (common artifacts)
Popular Culture: 30-50 points
Various aspects of Japanese sports, martial arts, music, film, anime, manga, and Japanese
“youth culture”.
6.4 EXPRESSIVE EXPRESSIONS
Level II students should learn the following:
うきうき
ばたばた
がらがら
どきどき
ぶつぶつ
びしょびしょ
ぎりぎり
ほかほか
たびたび
いろいろ
がやがや
ぎゅうぎゅう
ごちゃごちゃだんだん
どきどき
ぬるぬる
ばらばら
ぴかぴか
ふかふか
ぺらぺら
まあまあ
Level II students should be able to understand and use the following "affective expressions":
いちおう
たった
ついでに
ついに
まず
やっと
Level III students should learn the following in addition to the above:
はるばる
びくびく
いらいら
びりびり
しみじみ
くたくた
なかなか
うとうと
きらきら
ぐずぐず
ぐにゃぐにゃじろじろ
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ぺこぺこ
へとへと
わざわざ
びしょびしょ
ぼろぼろ
Level III students should be able to understand and use the following "affective expressions," in
addition to those at Level II:
いずれ
思わず
きっと
けっきょく
さすが
やっぱり
Level IV students should learn the following in addition to those at Level II and III:
うろうろ
いよいよ
すれすれ
ぴんぴん
ながなが
うきうき
がぶがぶ
すらすら
のろのろ
ぶつぶつ
ぷんぷん
ぼさぼさ
もじもじ
Level IV students should be able to understand and use the following "affective expressions,"
in addition to those at Levels II and III:
せっかく
つい
つまり
どうせ
まさか
ようやく
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6.5 DO YOU KNOW TANGO ?
Level II:
Greetings and self-introduction
Food and beverage
Animals and pets
School
Time/Calendar
Seasons
Weather
Clothing
Family and Friends
Level III:
All content from Level II, PLUS:
Leisure
Shopping
House
Health
Holidays
Restaurant
Occupations
Schedules
Transportation
Level IV:
All content from Levels II and III, PLUS:
Travel
Telephone
Community
Future Plans
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7. EXAMPLES OF J‐QUIZ QUESTIONS: Please read the question carefully! You MUST read AND give the English meaning. You will be deducted the point value of the question for an incorrect answer. 16
Only during bonus question may the team discuss answers!

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