FACULTY OF LINGUISTICS

REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUS FOR BASIC AND ADVANCE 

JAPANESELANGUAGE

                 NAME OF COURSE 

   JAPANESE  LANGUAGE COURSE  

To equip the student with communication skills, knowledge and values appropriate for effective communication in various fields of Japanese language.

ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT

Faculty of Linguistic Admission & Registration requirements for Ordinary Diploma or high school certificate shall apply.  Student with a certificate in Japanese shall have an added advantage.

COURSE STRUCTURE & DURATION

Faculty of Linguistic regulations will apply.

                                                                                                           

EXAMINATIONS REGULATIONS

Regulations governing the Faculty of Linguistic Examinations conduct shall apply or International Examination.

LEVEL ONE IN JAPANESE DURATION IS FOUR  MONTHS

Alphabet

Nouns

Using nouns

Gender

Forming plurals

Articles

The definite article

The indefinite article

The partitive article

Adjectives

Using adjectives

Making adjectives agree

Word order with adjective

Demonstrative adjectives:

Possessive adjectives

Indefinite adjectives

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Emphatic pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

Relative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns

Verbs

First conjugation

Second conjugation

Third conjugation

The past tense

The present tense

The future tense

The imperative

Reflexive verbs

The imperfect tense

The conditional

The pluperfect tense

The passive

The present participle

lmpersonal verbs

The subjunctive

Verbs followed by an infinitive

Other uses of the infinitive

Negatives

Adverbs

How adverbs are used

How adverbs are formed

Comparatives and superlatives of adverbs

Some common adverbs

Word order with adverbs

Prepositions

How prepositions are used

Some other common prepositions

Prepositions consisting of more than one word

Prepositions after verbs

Prepositions after adjectives

LEVEL TWO IN DURATION IS FOUR MONTHS

DIALOGUE IN JAPANESE

Conversational  and  communication skills – participation in simple dialogue, drills in spoken Japanese , making requests, reasons explanation,  Conversation on shopping, sports, professions and handicrafts, diseases, accidents and remedies, furniture & household items, sizes & properties of bodies, virtues & vices, with the shopkeeper, at the hospital, etc

JAPANESE COMPOSITION

A theoretical survey of various ways to writing compositions, Guided composition, joining simple words & phrases to make sentences and paragraphs, rearranging sentences and expressions to form dialogue completion of statements

JAPANESE TRANSLATION

Problems of translation (structural & cultural) from one language to another, word for word translation, and figurative translation, simple exercises in translation of short sentences & paragraphs, translating proverbs and wise sayings.

LEVEL THREE IN DURATION IS FOUR  MONTHS

ADVANCED GRAMMAR

The declinable and Indeclinable condition, conjugation, derived forms of the trilateral verb, syntactic styles in German, nouns of pre-eminence and degrees of comparison, Adjectives assilimilated to the active participle, Augmented and Unaugmented verbs.

ADVANCED COMPOSITION

Various ways of letter-writing (both official and personal) summary of selected texts, forms of Japanese  Prose – writing academic papers, speeches, advertisements, short stories & events, public announcements, notices and occasional greetings & messages. Written Communication, good writing style in written communication, principles of written Communication. overcoming barriers to Effective Written Communication, writing Organization. Writing Style. Making an Argument .Paraphrase and Summary versus Plagiarism

ADVANCED JAPANESE  TRANSLATION

Written professional translation of various selected passages of different subjects and interests – translating excerpts from speeches, newspapers, religious books, official documents (constitutions & log books etc) messages principles of verbal communication language can be an obstacle to communication, emphasis strategies, improving Verbal Communication

ADVANCED SKILLS IN JAPANESE

Reading skills – reading unvowelled materials, reading Japanese newspapers & magazines, writing skills-various hand-writings in Japanese,  listening skills – dictation and audio skills, Japanese  parsing and diminutive styles.