JPN122 Japanese language II - Practice

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Hasuka Sukegawa, BA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
JPN111 Japanese language I - theory && JPN113 Writing Japanese I
For registration, the completion of the Japanese Language I JPN111 and Writing Japanese I JPN113 courses is required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Student masters the usage of grammatical patterns learned in the course Japanese Language II. – theory, is able to create more complex constructions and has a thourogh knowledge of the basic grammar of the modern Japanese; he/she is equiped with sufficient vocabulary for basic conversation and translation of simple texts.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course the student is able to:
- describe objects and people in Japanese
- make a statements about a situation
- express his/her intentions in Japanese
- conduct a basic interaction while using phraseology
- use lexical means in sentence construction
- form morphological constructions
- build sentence structures and use them in appropriate situation
- read and interpret simple texts in Japanese
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory class
  • 2. Lesson 6: Verbal aspect and quotations
  • 3. Lesson 6: Comparative and superlative constructions
  • 4. Lesson 7: Attributive clause
  • 5. Lesson 8: Transitive and intransitive verbs
  • 6. Lesson 8: Existence of experience
  • 7. Lesson 9: Direct passive construction
  • 8. Lesson 9: Representative listing of actions
  • 9. Lesson 10: Formal noun no
  • 10. Lesson 10: Modality
  • 11. Lesson 10: Compound verbs
  • 12. Summary
Literature
  • Nepublikované cvičební materiály vázané na základní učební materiál.
  • A Course in Modern Japanese. Staff of the Japanese Section, Center for Linguistic & Cultural Research, University of Nagoya. Nagoya, The University of Nagoya Press, 1983. 305 s.
  • Bunka shokyū nihongo I, II. Bunka institute of Language. Tokyo, Bonjinsha, 1994
  • BANNO, Eri. Genki : an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1st ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 2000, 136 s. ISBN 4789010015. info
  • WATANABE, Minoru. O podstatě japonského jazyka. Translated by Zdeňka Švarcová. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 228 stran. ISBN 9788024600581. info
Teaching methods
Practise with focus on spoken language. Drill in creating correct morphological forms and syntactic structures with respect to specific contexts.
Assessment methods
The course ends with an written exam, which will summarize the grammar learned during the semester (including the grammar learned in the previous semester). To acquire the credits for this subject, the attendant must obtain minimum 70 % of the short tests written during the semester (their purpose is to check the readiness for the class) and 70 % of the final test.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Do záverečného hodnocení budu započítavány i průběžné testy.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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