JPNN40 Japanese IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marek Mikeš, 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
Prerequisites
RLB126 Japanese I || JPNN30 Japanese III && ! JPN211 Japanese language III -theory
The course is a continuation of JPNN30.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
This course is the fourth and last one from a four semester series of courses of Japanese for students outside of Japanese Studies. Its goal is to further deepen the students' knowledge of Japanese. The students will improve in active and passive use of written and spoken Japanese. They will learn to use more complex expressions and they should be able to understand basic Japanese not only in common everyday situations. Thanks to the lower number of students, in the last course, more space is given to the practice of converstational skills. Kanji script will also be a part of the course.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to
autonomously construct longer Japanese sentences;
translate the meaning of simple Japanese statements and to create his/her own statements;
apply learned vocabulary, grammatical rules and sentence patterns in basic communication;
distinguish basic categories of Japanese grammar;
read and write about 130 kanji characters;
judge the accuracy of applying learned grammatical rules, vocabulary and sentence patterns in the most common life situations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson
  • 2. Review of preceding courses
  • 3. Comparisons
  • 4. Expressing intentions, describing change of state
  • 5. Particle "de" for expressing means, expressing wishes, vocabulary
  • 6. Expressing random order, expressing experience
  • 7. Complex review
  • 8. Giving explanations, giving recommendations
  • 9. Expressing necessities, expressing guesses
  • 10. General practice
  • 11. Final review
  • 12. Final test
Literature
  • • Kiyo Saka, Yoshiki Nakamura: Speak Japanese, Book 2: A Textbook for Young Students. Japan Publication Trading.
  • • Shokyú Nihongo. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Japanese Language School, 1990.
  • • Chieko Kano, Hiroko Takenaka, Eriko Ishii, Yuri Shimizu (1990) Basic Kanji Book, Vol.1. Jp Trading Inc.
  • • Banno, E.; Ohno, Y.; Sakane, Y.; Shinagawa, Ch.: Genki I.: An Integrated Course In Elementary Japanese. Japan Times, 2002.
Teaching methods
Lectures combined with drills.
Assessment methods
Final written test (score 70 % or higher on the final exam).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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