Иностранный язык (японский)

Бакалавриат 2019/2020

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»

Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»

Статус: Курс по выбору (Программа двух дипломов НИУ ВШЭ и Лондонского университета по международным отношениям)

Направление: 41.03.05. Международные отношения

Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Где читается: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Абэ Хироси, Гордеева Ирина Викторовна, Мизгулина Мария Натановна, Стрижак Ульяна Петровна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 8

Контактные часы: 152

Full 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.
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

Business Japanese. Advanced level.
Continuation of the study of special vocabulary
Business Japanese
Studying of the language of business communication at a Japanese company, business etiquette, vocabulary and hieroglyphics related to the professional sphere.
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.
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.

Assessment Elements

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).
tests
in-class participation

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (2 module)
0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests
Interim assessment (3 module)
0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Ogawa, J., & Enokida, F. (2014). Colloquial Japanese : The Complete Course for Beginners (Vol. 3rd ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=869831
Tōkyō Daigaku. (2016). Essential Japanese Kanji Volume 2 : (JLPT Level N4) Learn the Essential Kanji Characters Needed for Everyday Interactions in Japan. LaVergne: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1591289

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Johnston, J. (1980). Business Communication in Japan. Journal of Business Communication, 17(3), 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/002194368001700307

Course Syllabus