Japonese Language and Culture I

Teaching Methods

Throughout the year there will be cultural events such as origami, calligraphy, tea ceremony, cuisine and Japanese costume and also meetings between students of this course and Japanese students from the annual course of Portuguese language and culture of FLUC to promote the dialogue in Japanese.

Given the existing linkages between the University of Coimbra and Japanese universities such as Kyoto, Kansai, Tokyo, Waseda, Tenri and Kobe, we will seek the necessary information to facilitate access to the exchange of Portuguese students truly interested and motivated.

Learning Outcomes

The main objective of this course is learning the Japanese language and culture both written and spoken, in the context of everyday situations and cultural life.

This first level in learning Japanese language and culture should result in the acquisition of basic skills for oral and written communication in usual everyday situations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Genealogy of Japanese Language: Japanese language is part of the Altaic family.

2. Speaking: dialogues on topics concerning common situations of everyday life, such as introducing oneself in a first meeting, giving a gift, shopping in a mall, ask information by phone and at the railway station, invite colleagues to go out

 

3. Written expression: Romaji characters, Hiragana and Katakana, the three types of writing in combination with kanji. Romaji is Japanese in Roman letters (Latin), to write according to Japanese phonetics in Hiragana caracters.

 

4. Reading: essential vocabulary, reading and interpret short texts.

 

5. Grammar: particles; nouns; verbs; interrogative sentences; suffixes; demonstrative pronouns and adverbs of place; numbers; telling the time.

 

6. Japanese Culture: is the context of language learning and it includes customs, gestures, rituals, facial expression, values ​​such as honor, protocolary culture at different situations

Head Lecturer(s)

Ayano Shinzato

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment.The courses assessment is guided by a set of rules, available in http://www.uc.pt/fluc/cl/regulamentos/fluc/cl/ficheiros/regulamento_aval: 100.0%

Bibliography

* Minna no Nihongo shokyū I, 3A network Corporation, 6.ª ed., 2000 (Manual de Base);

* Minna no Nihongo shokyū I – Tradução e Notas Gramaticais, 3A network Corporation, 1.ª ed., 2000 (Manual de Base);

* Nihongo: Kana – Uma introdução ao Silabário Japonês, The Japan Foundation – Japanese Language Institute, Bonjinsha, 1995 (Manual de Base);

* Shinobu Suzuki (dir), Ikuo Kawase / Masakatsu Sugihara / Tazuko Ueno, Nihongo – A pronúncia da Língua Japonesa, The Japan Foundation – Japanese Language Institute;

* Coelho, Jaime Nuno Cepeda, Dicionário Japonês-Português, Porto Editora, 1998;

* Japan at a Glance, International Internship Program Kodansha, Tokyo, 2004;

* Canavarro, Pedro, Japão Uma enciclopédia para jovens, Kamakura Shunju-sha, Japão, 1999.

* Sanseido's Rōmaji English – Japanese/Japanese – English Dictionary, Sanseido, Tokyo, 1999