Foreign Language (Japanese)

2019/2020

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватель

Стрижак Ульяна Петровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Students learn the language starting with the Elementary level. The course aims at developing basic communicative competences in the chosen foreign language that include: communicative competence, language competence, socio-cultural competence, cognitive competence.

Learning Objectives

• Communicative competence – developing communicative skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing in communicative scenarios and topics chosen for the course
• Language competence – learning new language units (orthographic, phonetic, lexical, grammar) related to communicative scenarios and topics of the course; learning about language phenomena in the foreign language; about various ways of expressing ideas using the native and foreign languages
• Socio-cultural competence – introducing students to the culture, traditions and realia of the country whose language they are learning; developing skills of presenting their country and its culture when communicating with foreigners;
• Cognitive competence– developing general and special academic skills; familiarizing students with available ways of autonomous learning of a foreign language and culture, ICT included

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Reads and writes signs of syllabic alphabets (hiragana and katakana); - Operates approximately 90 hieroglyphs; - Uses approximately 250 lexical units, operates on the studied vocabulary in various contexts and situations; - Fluent in the basic grammar of the Japanese language, able to build a coherent text and dialogue on given topics.
• fluent in translating sentences from Russian into Japanese and from Japanese into Russian using learned vocabulary and grammatical constructions (written and oral).
• works the initial grammar of the Japanese language, is able to build a coherent text and dialogue on given topics.
• Uses approximately 700 lexical units, is able to apply the learned vocabulary in various contexts and situations, has the skills to search for unfamiliar words in the lexical dictionary.

Course Contents

• Introductory course
  Mastering syllabic alphabet, gaining basic knowledge of phonetics, mastering the basics of normative vocabulary and grammar.
• Business Japanese
  Studying of the language of business communication at a Japanese company, business etiquette, vocabulary and hieroglyphics related to the professional sphere.
• Professional vocabulary. Part 1.
  Studying of the special vocabulary necessary for working with Japanese sources of the business information on the topics: “Market Economy”, “Market Conditions”, “Japanese Type of Management”, “Inflation and Deflation”, etc.
• The language of the Japanese media
  The course consists of 3 parts: work with newspaper texts; work with Internet versions of Japanese media; work with TV news.
• Japanese for special purposes
  The content of the lessons reflects the basic realities of modern life in Japanese society. Topics are being studied: demographic problems, informatization of society, ecology, globalization, the coexistence of cultures.
• Professional vocabulary. Part 2
  Studying the special vocabulary necessary for working with Japanese sources of the business information on the topics: “Problem banks”, “Economics of the soap bubble,” Restructuring, etc.
• Business Japanese. Advanced level.
  Continuation of the study of special vocabulary

Assessment Elements

• in-class participation
• tests
• final test
  The exam will be conducted via LMS platform in specified period of session. In the case of complete distance learning by a student, the score for the current classroom work (0.6 of the final grade) is set as follows: the average grade for completing all written tasks (both classroom and home), as well as oral tasks (online and in the record).

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (2 module)
  0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests
• Interim assessment (4 module)
  0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Hamano, S., & Tsujioka, T. (2014). Basic Japanese : A Grammar and Workbook. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=797728
• Matsuzaki, W. (2017). Beginning Japanese Kanji Language Practice Pad Ebook : Learn Japanese in Just Minutes a Day! (Ideal for JLPT N5 and AP Exam Review) (Vol. First edition). North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1795688
• McNulty,Anne. (2018). Japanese Stories for Language Learners : Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (MP3 Downloadable Audio Included). LaVergne: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1938842

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Konomi, E. (2015). Beginning Japanese for Professionals : Book 1. Place of publication not identified: Portland State University Library. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsotl&AN=edsotl.OTLid0000254