Bachelor 2021/2022

Foreign Language (Japanese)

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Elective course

Area of studies: Public Policy and Social Sciences

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 3 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Мизгулина Мария Натановна, Hiroshi Abe, Irina Viktorovna Gordeeva, Maria Kikteva, Diana Stanislavovna Lazareva, Мылзенова Юлия Сергеевна

Language: English

ECTS credits: 7

Contact hours: 232

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course aims at developing communicative competences in the chosen foreign language that include: communicative competence, language competence, socio-cultural competence, cognitive competence on intermediate and upper-intermediate

Learning Objectives

• be able to translate thematic texts on Japanese culture, socio-economic problems and political features
• be able to maintain conversasions on everyday topics (getting to know, favourite music and food, going to Japanese hotel)

Expected Learning Outcomes

• can listen to a coherent self-introduction, understand important aspects such as profiles, interests, hopes and aspirations.
• can get a general idea of what kind of person they are by reading their self-introductions on social networks.
• can write about their interests, hopes and aspirations in their self-introductions in social networks.
• can explain the characteristics of the country's cuisine and how it is prepared
• can listen to music and the characteristics and appeal of the music.
• can explain why they like the music they like and what appeals to them.
• explain the features and attractions of hot springs and ryokans by listening to local live reports on TV travel programmes.
• can read reviews of hotels and inns on internet travel sites to explain what is good and bad about them
• can give some details about his/her recent situation and events, including what happened and how it happened.
• can read letters from people and explain most of what they say about what has been going on recently.

Course Contents

• 1. Chapter "With people who are new to me"
• 2. Chapter "Recommended dishes"
• 3. Chapter "My favourite music"
• 4. Chapter "Let's go to the hot springs"
• 5. Chapter "How's it going lately?"

Assessment Elements

• final test
  The exam will be conducted via LMS platform in specified period of session.
• tests
• in-class participation
• Business part
  60% - accumulated mark, 40% - exam
• Newspaper reading part
  60% - accumulated mark, 40% - exam
• Everyday Japanese part
  60% - accumulated mark, 40% - exam
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2019/2020 2nd module
  0.3 * in-class participation + 0.4 * final test + 0.3 * tests
• 2019/2020 4th module
  0.3 * tests + 0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation
• 2020/2021 2nd module
  0.3 * in-class participation + 0.4 * final test + 0.3 * tests
• 2020/2021 4th module
  0.3 * in-class participation + 0.4 * final test + 0.3 * tests
• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests + 0.4 * final test
• 2021/2022 4th module
  0.3 * in-class participation + 0.4 * final test + 0.3 * tests
• 2022/2023 2nd module
  0.4 * final test + 0.3 * in-class participation + 0.3 * tests
• 2022/2023 3rd module
  0.15 * Business part + 0.25 * Newspaper reading part + 0.3 * Everyday Japanese part + 0.3 * Final exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Kanji: look and learn : 512 Kanji with illustrations and mnemonic hints, Banno, E., 2013

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Язык японских СМИ : учеб. пособие, Фесюн, А. Г., 2013