JPN111 Japanese language I - theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
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
Wed 16:00–17:40 B2.13, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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 learns basic patterns of modern Japanese Language’s grammatical structure, its vocabulary and phraseology; in coordination with the courses of the Japanese writing system the student also acquires the capacity to interpret basic Japanese texts; he/she is able to use actively the grammar with respect to sociopragmatic factors of the Japanese communication.
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. Introductory lesson, requirements of the course, basic characteristics of the Japanese language
  • 2. Phonological structure of modern Japanese
  • 3. Lesson # 1: Immediate nominal predication, question constructions, topos and thematic construction, nominal attribute
  • 4. Lesson # 2: Negative nominal predication, inclusive focal construction, interactional particles, immediate adjectival predication, demonstratives
  • 5. Lesson # 3: Adjectival modificators, existential predication, grammatical categories of static predications
  • 6. Lesson # 3: Contrastive focusing of rheme, constructions with topos and nominative
  • 7. Lesson # 4: Embedded proposition, verbal forms and verbal constructions
  • 8. Lesson # 4: Modification and complements of verbal predications, parallel enumeration of nominals
  • 9. Lesson # 5: Secondary complements, joint forms of predicatives
  • 10. Lesson # 5: Causal-explicative joining of clauses, constructions of a subjective desiderative
  • 11. Revision
  • 12. Qualification test
Literature
    required literature
  • MATELA, Jiří. Úvodní kurz moderního japonského jazyka pro filology (část 1). Nevydaný manuskript.
    recommended literature
  • 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
    not specified
  • BANNO, Eri. Genki : an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1st ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 2000, 136 s. ISBN 4789010015. 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.
  • TOHSAKU, Yasu-Hiko. Yookoso! : an invitation to contemporary Japanese. 3rd ed. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 2006, xxvi, 548. ISBN 0072408154. info
Teaching methods
Lecture according to the study materials, with focus on basic syntactic structures and sociopragmatic specifics of the Japanese language. Students also get acquainted with the basic terms of the Japanese linguistics. Additional explanation based on the results of short test is offered on-line form.
Assessment methods
Written test. Results of short tests during the course are also part of the assessment. Active attendance of at least 70 % of the classes is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
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.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
Basic study material is provided in .pdf files.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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