JPN212 Japanese language III - practice

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
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 of Seminar Groups
JPN212/01: Tue 12:00–13:40 D31, except Tue 20. 9., J. Matela
JPN212/02: Tue 8:00–9:40 D33, J. Matela
Prerequisites
JPN121 Japanese language II - Theory && JPN123 Writing Japanese II
For registration, the completion of the Japanese language II. and Japanese writing II. courses is required.
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 is able to use the grammatical patterns learned in the course Japanese Language III. – theory, both pasively and actively; he/she is enriching his/her knowledge of vocabulary, and dynamicaly develops ability to apprehend sociopragmatic factors, that are specific for the Japanese communication style; Student is able to perform basic interaction in common situations of everyday life.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course the student is able to:
- form more complicated sentence constructions
- express himself/herself with the use of more advanced morphological means
- comment on situations containing element of benefit in interpersonal relations
- describe Japanese language specifics with respect to counting entities
- conduct interactions in specific situations using Japanese language skills
- read and interpret medium difficult texts in Japanese
- create simple excercise
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory class
  • 2. Lesson 11: Potential constructions
  • 3. Lesson 11: Predicative ennumeration
  • 4. Lesson 12: Evidentiality
  • 5. Lesson 12: Auxiliary verb constructions
  • 6. Lesson 13: Expressing suggestions
  • 7. Lesson 13: Focussing and defocussing expressions
  • 8. Lesson 14: Deictic verbs
  • 9. Lesson 14: Indirect passive constructions
  • 10. Lesson 15: Time alignment of clauses
  • 11. Lesson 15: Conditionals
  • 12. Final exam
Literature
    required literature
  • BANNO, Eri. Genki : an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1st ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1999, 344 s. ISBN 4789009637. info
    recommended literature
  • WATANABE, Minoru. O podstatě japonského jazyka. Translated by Zdeňka Švarcová. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 228 stran. ISBN 9788024600581. info
    not specified
  • 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.
  • Bunka shokyū nihongo II. Bunka institute of Language. Tokyo, Bonjinsha, 1994
Teaching methods
Practise with focus on spoken language. Drill in creating correct morphological forms and syntactic structures with respect to specific contexts.
Assessment methods
Written test. Short tests written during the semmester are also part of the final assessment. Attendance of at least 70 % of the classes is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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