JAPX215 Japanese language IV.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
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 K21
Prerequisites
JAPX201 Japanese language III.
JAPX201 Japanese language III
The students who wish to enroll this course must enroll also to the course JAPX212 Japanese writing IV.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The objective of the course consists in further development of basic knowledge of spoken Japanese. All students who intend to enroll to the course should be able to read hiragana, katakana and some basic kanji (approx. 150). The course aims at the development of speaking and listening skills. Hiragana and katakana will be used throughout the course. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to adequately handle basic conversation in Japanese.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the principles of constructing Japanese sentences;
translate the meaning of Japanese sentences;
apply learned vocabulary, grammatical rules and sentence patterns in practical communication;
distinguish categories of Japanese grammar;
construct sentences in Japanese;
judge the accuracy of applying learned grammatical rules, vocabulary and sentence patterns in different life situations.
Syllabus
  • 0. Introduction to the course;
  • 1. review of the course JAPX201 Japanese language III;
  • 2. „already“ and „not yet“, comparision, vocabulary;
  • 3. adjective/noun + „no“, „tsumori da“ - planning;
  • 4. adjective + „naru“, „dokokani“ and „dokonimo“, particle „de“, vocabulary;
  • 5. practice in conversation – train station, expressing hope and aspiration;
  • 6. „tari- tarisuru“, „koto ga aru“, communication at school, vocabulary;
  • 7. „-ndesu“, „-sugiru“, giving advice;
  • 8. expressing reason, necessity, vocabulary;
  • 9. probability, practice in conversation - ilness;
  • 10. expressing potentiality/ability, repeated actions;
  • 11. review, conversation exercise;
  • 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.
Teaching methods
Lectures – theoretical introduction, written exercises, listening exercises, conversation training.
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
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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