FF:JAPX203 Japanese writing III. - Course Information

JAPX203 Japanese writing III.

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 18:20–19:55 B11

Prerequisites

JAPX110 Japanese writing II.
JAPX110 Japanese writing II.
The students who wish to enroll this course must enroll also to the course JAPX201 Japanese language III.
Students must be able to use hiragana and katakana.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 175 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/175, only registered: 0/175, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/175

Course objectives

The course is designed to further development of the skills in reading and writing basic Japanese. All students who intend to enroll to the course should be able to read and write hiragana, katakana and some basic kanji. Approximately 100 more kanji will be introduced during the semester. We will read articles in the style of diaries, folktales, personal ads, and so forth. We will also practice writing on various topics related to the reading materials.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define approx. 200 elementary kanji characters;
explain the usage of learned characters in reading, writing and transcribing simple Japanese texts;
apply the knowledge of the characters in reading, writing and transcribing simple Japanese words and sentences;
inspect the correctness of transcription of simple Japanese text written with respective characters;
formulate and write down elementary sentences;
assess the usage of learned characters in writing and transcribing simple texts.

Syllabus

• 0. Introduction to the course;
• 1. Review, exercises in reading and writing elementary texts;
• 2. Lesson 10 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 3. Lesson 11 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 4. Lesson 12 - Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 6. Lesson 13 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 7. Midterm review;
• 8. Lesson 14 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 9. Lesson 15 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 10. Lesson 16 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
• 11. Lesson 17 – Basic kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing; 12. Final review.

Literature

• Nymburská, Dita - Vostrá, Denisa - Sawatari, Mami: Japonština. LEDA 2007.
• Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno (eds.): Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1999.
• Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu (eds.): Basic Kanji Book. Tokyo: Bonjinsha, 1989.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises in reading and writing Japanese.

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 80% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

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