Japanese - Elementary level
[JAPO1100]
[60h] 6 credits
This course is taught in the 1st & 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Marc Heremans
Language: JPN
Level: First
Aims
- basic conversation about everyday life:
- job, studies, age, background, hobbies, weather, everyday food, travelling in several countries, one` s own apartment and what it contains, clothing, car, possibly experience in Japan.
Main themes
- hiragana
- about 50 kanji
Understand and use in conversation:
- The nominal sentence ( A is B ). Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns,
- Determine the noun ( adjective, quality, possessive, origin, false adjective )
- Locate things ( no naka, ue, mae, ushiro, shita etc )
- Formal and informal verbs
- Numbers and numerals, classifiers, the year, month, days of the month, days of the week, hours, minutes,
birthday
- Affirmative and negative, present and past in formal and informal, verbs and adjectives,
- The gerund form of verbs,
- Receive and give,
- Gerund with you can, you should not, please don't, you 'd better not , you should,
Understand and react on questions about four first video lessons Yansan to Nippon no hitotachi
Being able to research in the Nelson Japanese -English Character dictionary, starting with radical, the learned kanji
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
- Gakken, Japanese for beginners, First twelve lessons
- Gakken, Japanese for Today, First two lessons
- Yansan to Nippon no Hitotachi, First five lessons,
- Nelson , Japanese- English Character dictionary
- Teacher's pages about Japanese basic grammar.
Attitude of the student after one year study:
- Motivated to continue Japanese in second year
- More openness of mind with respect to Japanese way of thinking and behaviour
- Becoming more familiar with Japanese culture and thought