JAP342 Business Japanese I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Bc. Jana Pospíchalová (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Ondrašinová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 9:10–12:25 U33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
JAP215a Japanese language IV.-theory
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
The aim of the course is to teach students the principles of business communication in a Japanese company environment (terminology, mastery of business communication skills in Japanese).
Syllabus
  • requests, invitation, suggestions, agreements and disagreements, company documents, complaints, presentation, interview, factory tour
Literature
    required literature
  • Yana, A.; Ooki, R.; Komatsu, Y.: Nihongo E-mail no kakikata. Tokyo: Japan Times, 2005.
  • Yoneda, R.; Fujii, K.; Shigeno, M. et al. Shodan no tame nihongo (We Mean Business: Japanese for Business People). Tokyo: 3A Corporation, 1996.
    recommended literature
  • GOLDMAN, A. Doing Business with the Japanese: A Guide to Successful Communication, Management, and Diplomacy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.
  • JETRO Business Japanese: KACHO - Managers in Corporate Japan. Tokyo, 1997.
  • Doi, M.; Kabasawa, Y.; Murayama, K. et al. Talking Business in Japanese. Tokyo, 1997.
  • JETRO Business Japanese: KACHO - Managers in Corporate Japan. Tokyo: WEIS, 1997.
  • Segawa Y.; Kamiya S.; Kitamura S.: Hito wo ugokasu!Jissen bijinesu Nihongokaiwa. Tokyo: 3A Corporation, 2008.
  • Horiuchi M.; Ashitaka Ch. Nihon de bijinesu: Nihongo hyougen to bijinesu mana.Tokyo: Senmonkyouiku shuppan, 2005.
  • Yoneda, R.; Fujii, K.; Shigeno, M. et al. Bijinesu no tame nihongo (Getting Down to Business: Japanese for Business People). Tokyo, 1998.
Teaching methods
readings, listenings, role-playing, dialogues
Assessment methods
active class participation, homework, written test, final interview in a Japanese company
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022.
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