JPN112 Japanese Language I - practice

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
JPN112/01: Thu 14:00–15:40 B2.23, except Thu 16. 11., J. Matela
JPN112/02: Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.23, except Thu 16. 11., J. Matela
Prerequisites
Sufficent English proficiency to be able to work with English teaching materials
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 practise and acquires grammatical patterns, vocabulary and phraseology explained in the course Japanese Language I. – theory; he/she is actively capable of basic spoken interaction on the polite level of the Japanese language.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course the student is able to:
- apply correct pronunciation to expressions in standard Japanese
- make a self-introduction in Japanese
- count in Japanese
- conduct a basic interaction while using basic phraseology
- use basic lexical means in sentence construction
- form basic morphological constructions
- build basic sentence structures and use them in appropriate situation
- read and interpret elementary texts in Japanese
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson, requirements of the course, introduction to information structure
  • 2. Phonological structure of modern Japanese
  • 3. Lesson # 1: Immediate nominal predication, question constructions, topos and thematic construction, nominal attribute
  • 4. Lesson # 2: Negative nominal predication, inclusive focal construction, interactional particles, immediate adjectival predication, demonstratives
  • 5. Lesson # 3: Adjectival modificators, existential predication, grammatical categories of static predications
  • 6. Lesson # 3: Contrastive focusing of rheme, constructions with topos and nominative
  • 7. Lesson # 4: Embedded proposition, verbal forms and verbal constructions
  • 8. Lesson # 4: Modification and complements of verbal predications, parallel enumeration of nominals
  • 9. Lesson # 5: Secondary complements, joint forms of predicatives
  • 10. Lesson # 5: Causal-explicative joining of clauses, constructions of a subjective desiderative
  • 11. Revision
  • 12. Final exam
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Bunka shokyū nihongo I. Bunka institute of Language. Tokyo, Bonjinsha, 1994
  • WATANABE, Minoru. O podstatě japonského jazyka. Translated by Zdeňka Švarcová. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 228 stran. ISBN 9788024600581. info
    not specified
  • BANNO, Eri. Genki : an integrated course in elementary Japanese. 1st ed. Tokyo: Japan Times, 1999, 344 s. ISBN 4789009637. info
  • 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.
Teaching methods
Practise with focus on spoken language. Drill in creating correct morphological forms and syntactic structures with respect to specific contexts. Individual pronunciation rehearsal.
Assessment methods
Written tests throughout semmester and a final exam. The required rate of short tests with the result OK is 70 percent. The final exam is in a written form. Details are explained during the introductory class.
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 budou započítavány i průběžné testy.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Teacher's information
Basic study materials are provided in .pdf in IS.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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