JA201 JAPANESE 201 A1.1

Course Code:6050201
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):4 (4.00 - 1.00)
ECTS Credit:6.0
Department:Modern Languages (Japanese)
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer PELİN AKALAN
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course students will

     - learn  Japanese writings and  be able to read and comprehend a simple text.

      - understand  what is asked and respond to it. 

      - ask a question  with interrogative words such as what, who, whose, when, where,  how much and how long and respond to the questions.

     -  learn how to use the  adjectives.

     -  be introduced to the basic  verbs in  -masu form(aorist)  which is polite form and  use them with nouns in dative case or in  accusative case. 

     - comprehend and use the particles of cases of nouns (possessive, accusative, dative, locative and ablative ) in the proper context.

     -  get some knowledge about Japanese culture and customs.

 


Course Content

An introduction to the Japanese Hiragana and Katagana alphabets and to the basic spoken and written language.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will be able to

     -read a simple text written in Japanese letters (Hiragana and Katakana alphabets and 60 Kanjis).

     -write a small paragraphs in Japanese letters.

     -use copula and verbs in proper tense (both in affirmative and negative) in a sentence.

     -comprehend the use of cases of nouns (possessive, accusative, dative, locative, ablative).

     -ask questions with interrogative words (what, which, who,whose when, where, how much,

       how long).

    -respond to the questions.

    - learn some conjunctions and to use them in the sentence.

    -comprehend and use  numbers and time and date in a proper context.

    -learn proper classifiers to count certain objects.

    - learn and use simple routine greetings.

    - introduce oneself.

   - obtain some knowledge concerning Japanese culture.