Information Of Programmes

OSD FAKÜLTESİ / OSDJPN 303 - ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Code: OSDJPN 303

Course Title: PRACTICAL JAPANESE

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

3 / Fall Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

NİHAL ÇAKMAK BİLGİLİ (ncakmakbilgili@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to increase students' awareness about the writing and pronunciation system of Japanese, basic grammatical structures, sentence types and word types, and to provide students with the ability to express themselves at the beginner level.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Can explain the features of Japanese language and writing.	PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.	Examination
LO-2	Can read and understand basic Japanese sentences and texts.	PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.	Examination
LO-3	Can communicate in basic Japanese.	PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.	Oral Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course covers the structural features of Japanese, basic sentence forms and Japanese speech patterns that may be needed in daily life.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Introduction, subject of the course, purpose, scope and explanation of the books to be used in the course, teaching the alphabet	Lecture, Question and Answer
2	General information about the Japanese language, Japanese script, and Japanese grammar and the alphabet, Japanese greetings and Japanese numbers	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
3	Japanese syntax and positive/negative noun phrases and interrogative sentences	Lecture, Question and Answer, Role-playing
4	Sentences with sign words “kore, sore, are” / “koko, soko, asoko” and the use of the preposition -no	Lecture, Question and Answer, Drama
5	Japanese action phrases, time and date expressions, prepositions -ni and -e	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
6	Use of -de and -o prepositions and action conjugations	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
7	Review before the midterm exam and watching Japanese videos with Turkish subtitles	Question Answer, Observation
8	mid-term exam
9	Japanese i-adjectives and na-adjectives, positive/negative adjective sentences	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
10	Past and present tense sentences in Japanese	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
11	Japanese counting words and their use in sentences	Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work
12	Japanese expressions for travel and hotel	Lecture, Role-playing, Drama
13	Japanese expressions for shopping, convenience store, grocery store and restaurant	Lecture, Role-playing, Drama
14	Reading short stories and texts in Japanese	Skill development exercise, Group Work
15	Review and chat with invited Japanese native speaker	Question and Answer
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	AOTS, (2005), Shin Nihongo-no Kiso I Main Textbook Romanized Edition, Tokyo:Surienettowaku.
2	Kawarazaki, M., 1978, Nihongo Kana Nyūmon Eigo-ban, The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute Urawa, Japan.
3	The Japan Foundaiton, (2016), Marugoto, Nihon-no Kotoba-to Bunka, Shokyu 1 A2 Rikai, Sanshusha.
4	The Japan Foundaiton, (2016), Marugoto, Nihon-no Kotoba-to Bunka, Shokyu 1 A2 Katsudo, Sanshusha.
Required Course instruments and materials
Lecture notes

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination	16	1	20
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	40

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	1	7	7
b) Search in internet/Library	2	5	10
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz	1	1	1
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	3	7	21
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	3	7	21
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90