JAPX110 Japanese writing II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 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
Mon 16:40–18:15 zruseno C21
Prerequisites
JAPX101 Japanese writing I.
JAPX101 Japanese writing I.
The students who wish to enroll this course must enroll also to the course JAPX111 Japanese language II.
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
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 (approx. 50). 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. 120 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. Basic principles of Japanese writing system, review of hiragana and katakana, exercise in reading elementary texts;
  • 2. Lesson 1 – Basic Kanji Book;
  • 3. Lesson 2 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 4. Lesson 3 - Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 6. Lesson 5 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 7. Review;
  • 8. Lesson 6 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 9. Lesson 7 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 10. Lesson 8 – Basic Kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 11. Lesson 9 – Basic kanji Book, exercises in reading and writing;
  • 12. Final review.
Literature
  • Nymburská, Dita - Vostrá, Denisa - Sawatari, Mami: Japonština. LEDA 2007.
  • Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu (eds.): Basic Kanji Book. Tokyo: Bonjinsha, 1989.
  • Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno (eds.): Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1999.
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises in reading and writing Japanese.
Assessment methods
Final written test (score 70% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Pracovna japanistiky - je na fakultě elektro VUT na Údolní 53, budova U2, 3.patro. Cesta je značená šipkami.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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