Course: Japanese Conversation 4

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Course title Japanese Conversation 4
Course code ASJ/1K4
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Japanese
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
Lesson 19 - Lesson 20 Topics: - animals (my pet, description of an animal) - ZOO (new trends, pluses and minuses, Czech ZOO´s) - at the doctor´s and other conversational topics

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The course is designed to practise spoken Japanese based on selected topics. The aim of the course is to further develop both oral and listening skills, and practise the ability to comprehend and make adequate responses. Part of the lessons is based on listening to recordings. The students are led to increasing their vocabulary concerning the selected conversational topics and expressing themselves in grammatically correct and situation-suitable sentences, discuss something and express own opinion.
Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able to carry out a conversation in Japanese on various topics, such as pets, visiting a ZOO, basic communication at the doctor´s, describe pain etc. The student will be also able to say own opinion, to discuss and have an oral presentation.
Prerequisites
The course is designed for students of the second year of Japanese Philology, who successfully passed Conversation 3 (1K3).
ASJ/1K3

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog

70% attendance, active participation in classes, homework, role-play, interview in Japanese, oral presentation, oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Barešová, I., & Nakaya, T. Japonština.
  • Tomisaka, Y. (1997). Nameraka nihongo kaiwa (Successful Communication in Japanese). Tokyo.
  • TSUKUBA LANGUAGE CENTER. (2005). Situational Functional Japanese.. Tokyo.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2016) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019_24) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer