JPN112 Japanese Language I - practice

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
JPN112/01: Wed 14:00–15:40 B2.44, J. Matela
JPN112/02: Wed 12:00–13:40 B2.44, J. Matela
Prerequisites
Sufficent English proficiency to be able to work with English teaching materials
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 practise and acquires grammatical patterns, vocabulary and phraseology explained in the course Japanese Language I. – theory; he/she is actively capable of basic spoken interaction on the polite level of the Japanese language.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course the student is able to:
- apply correct pronunciation to expressions in standard Japanese
- make a self-introduction in Japanese
- count in Japanese
- conduct a basic interaction while using basic phraseology
- use basic lexical means in sentence construction
- form basic morphological constructions
- build basic sentence structures and use them in appropriate situation
- read and interpret elementary texts in Japanese
Syllabus
  • 1. Sentence with topic and noun predicate, copula
  • 2. Numerals
  • 3. System of demonstratives
  • 4. Sentence with verbal and adjectival predicate
  • 5. Inflection of predicatives, polarity
  • 6. Past and non-past tense
  • 7. Revision
  • 8. Verbs of existence
  • 9. Date and time
  • 10. Adjectives
  • 11. Revision
  • 12. Revision
Literature
  • BANNO, Eri. Genki : an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1st ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1999, 344 s. ISBN 4789009637. info
  • 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. Bunka institute of Language. Tokyo, Bonjinsha, 1994
  • 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
Written tests throughout semmester and a final exam. The required rate of short tests with the result OK is 70 percent. The final exam is in a written form. Details are explained during the introductory class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Do záverečného hodnocení budou započítavány i průběžné testy.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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