日语专业

Course Code: 3217001

Course Title: Japanese Conversation 1

Credit Value: 4 Total Hours: 72

Course Introduction:

By the end of this course, students should be able to speak Japanese fluently and correctly in everyday conversation, to express their ideas and opinions on a variety of simple topics, and to deliver a short report in Japanese on the basis of teamwork. They are required to put in use the language points learned from the textbook or in other courses. They are also expected to develop cultural tolerance and cross-cultural communication competence.

A variety of activities will be carried out in class to develop students’ ability to communicate in Japanese in everyday situations, as well as about such topics as campus life and college study, and to improve their comprehensive competence in cross-cultural communication. Textbooks will be used to illustrate the language points that students are required to use in class drills or activities.

Course Code: 3217002

Course Title: Japanese Conversation 2

Credit Value: 4 Total Hours: 72

Course Introduction :

By the end of this course, students should be able to speak Japanese fluently and correctly in everyday conversation, to express their ideas and opinions on a variety of simple topics, and to deliver a short report in Japanese on the basis of teamwork. They are required to put in use the language points learned from the textbook or in other courses. They are also expected to develop cultural tolerance and cross-cultural communication competence.

A variety of activities will be carried out in class to develop students’ ability to communicate in Japanese in everyday situations, as well as about such topics as campus life and college study, and to improve their comprehensive competence in cross-cultural communication. Textbooks will be used to illustrate the language points that students are required to use in class drills or activities.

Course Code: 3217003

Course Title: Japanese Conversation 3

Credit Value: 3 Total Hours: 54

Course Introduction :

Students are expected to master various skills needed for everyday conversation, and to express their views on or discuss an event or issue in Japanese.

A variety of class activities will be carried out to develop students’ ability to communicate in Japanese in everyday situations, to enhance their listening and speaking skills, and improve their comprehensive competence in cross-cultural communication. Textbooks will be used to illustrate the language points that students are required to use in class drills or activities. Students, rather than teachers, will play the central role in class.

Course Code: 3217004

Course Title: Japanese Conversation 4

Credit Value: 3 Total Hours: 54

Course Introduction :

Students are expected to master various skills needed for everyday conversation, and to express their views on or discuss an event or issue in Japanese.

A variety of class activities will be carried out to develop students’ ability to communicate in Japanese in everyday situations, to enhance their listening and speaking skills, and improve their comprehensive competence in cross-cultural communication. Textbooks will be used to illustrate the language points that students are required to use in class drills or activities. Students, rather than teachers, will play the central role in class.

Course Code: 3217005

Course Title: Japanese Listening 1

Credit Value: 3 Total Hours: 54

Course Introduction:

This course is intended for students who have no previous experience in Japanese learning. As a complement course to Japanese Intensive Reading, it will reinforce students’ impression of what they have learned from that course. The situational dialogues in audio or visual materials will give them a chance to review the language points that they have learned in other courses, and develop their basic communicative competence.

In this course students will learn to speak Japanese in a right intonation, correct their wrong pronunciation through constant practice, and improve their ability in identifying a specific sound in Japanese. By the end of this course they will be able to comprehend a text read in Japanese at a normal speed, in which new words make up no more than 10% of the total. After a semester’s systematic training, students’ capacity for listening comprehension will reach Level 5 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

Course Code: 3217006

Course Title: Japanese Listening 2

Credit Value: 3 Total Hours: 54

Course Introduction :

This course is intended for students who have no previous experience in Japanese learning. As a complement course to Japanese Intensive Reading, it will reinforce students’ impression of what they have learned from that course. The situational dialogues in audio or visual materials will give them a chance to review the language points that they have learned in other courses, and develop their basic communicative competence.

In this course students will learn to speak Japanese in a right intonation, correct their wrong pronunciation through constant practice, and improve their ability in identifying a specific sound in Japanese. By the end of this course they will be able to comprehend a text read in Japanese at a normal speed, in which new words make up no more than 10% of the total. After a semester’s systematic training, students’ capacity for listening comprehension will reach Level 4 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).Teaching methods used in this class include “Sound Identifying”, “True or False”, “Answering Questions” and “Retelling”. More audio materials will be provided for students as take-home assignment.

Course Code: 3217007

Course Title: Japanese Listening 3

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

By the end of this course students are expected to well comprehend native speakers’ everyday conversation, and news report read at a normal speed. Their capacity for listening comprehension will reach Level 2 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

Materials used in this class include news programs broadcasted in Japan, covering such areas as politics, economy, culture, and education, as well as audio or video tapes and CD that survey Japanese people’s social life and folk customs. Exercises that equal Level 2 of JLPT in difficulty will also be provided in this course. Balance will be maintained in class between instruction and exercise. The role of the teacher is more than giving an explanation of audio materials. He will try to develop students’ independence from his aid, and to familiarize them with social or cultural background implied in those listening materials. Students are required to do intensive exercise both in and after class.

Course Code: 3217008

Course Title: Japanese Listening 4

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

By the end of this course students are expected to well comprehend native speakers’ everyday conversation, and news report read at a normal speed. Their capacity for listening comprehension will reach Level 1 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

Materials used in this class include news programs broadcasted in Japan, covering such areas as politics, economy, culture, and education, as well as audio or video tapes and CD that survey Japanese people’s social life and folk customs. Exercises that equal Level 2 or Level 1 of JLPT in difficulty will also be provided in this course. Balance will be maintained in class between instruction and exercise. The role of the teacher is more than giving an explanation of audio materials. He will try to develop students’ independence from his aid, and to familiarize them with social or cultural background implied in those listening materials. Students are required to do intensive exercise both in and after class.

Course Code: 3217009

Course Title: Audio-visual Japanese 1

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

Students are expected to well comprehend radio and television news programs, documentaries, movies and TV dramas in Japanese. Moreover, they are required to retell the information in these audio or visual materials, and give an eloquent response to it. Preparation for Level 1 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) will be made in this course.

The textbook used in this course is Japanese People’s Living Style. Other teaching materials are NHK broadcast programs, Japanese documentaries, movies and TV dramas. Students are required to do intensive exercise both in and after class. The teacher will not only give a detailed explanation of those audio or visual materials, but also try to familiarize students with social or cultural backgrounds implied in them.

Course Code: 3217010

Course Title: Audio-visual Japanese 2

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

Students are expected to well comprehend radio and television news programs, documentaries, movies and TV dramas in Japanese. Moreover, they are required to retell the information in these audio or visual materials, and give an eloquent response to it. Preparation for Level 1 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) will be made in this course.

The textbook used in this course is Japanese People’s Living Style. Other teaching materials are NHK broadcast programs, Japanese documentaries, movies and TV dramas. Students are required to do intensive exercise both in and after class. The teacher will not only give a detailed explanation of those audio or visual materials, but also try to familiarize students with social or cultural backgrounds implied in them.

Course Code: 3217011

Course Title: Audio-visual Japanese 3

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction:

His course is intended for the fourth-year Japanese majors. Through watching videos or living broadcast, students will have an all-round improvement of their language proficiency, and a deeper understanding of Japanese society and culture, and will see Japan from a broadened point of view.

In-class exercise, instruction, and discussion will be the major class activities. Students are required to hand in a paper of 400-800 words on a regular basis, in which they can give a summary of what they have learned recently, describe their thoughts on a topic discussed in class, or argue for their standpoint in a specific social issue.

Course Code: 3217013

Course Title: Japanese Composition 1

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

This is a course about the basics of Japanese writing. Students are first required to learn Japanese calligraphy and know the right way of using punctuation marks. Then they will start to learn how to introduce themselves and describe their everyday life, and, finally, to write expository and argumentative essays.

Students are expected to write more than 10 pieces each semester, mostly after class. These take-home assignments will be read and graded by the teacher of this course. Some grammatical errors and improper uses of words in students’ writing will be presented through OHP for all to see and revise. Moreover, a good part of class time will be devoted to explaining the assigned topic and analyzing students’ samples. Well-written pieces will be read aloud in class by their writers.

Course Code: 3217014

Course Title: Japanese Composition 2

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

This is a course about the basics of Japanese writing. Students are first required to learn Japanese calligraphy and know the right way of using punctuation marks. Then they will start to learn how to introduce themselves and describe their everyday life, and, finally, to write expository and argumentative essays.

Students are expected to write more than 10 pieces each semester, mostly after class. These take-home assignments will be read and graded by the teacher of this course. Some grammatical errors and improper uses of words in students’ writing will be presented through OHP for all to see and revise. Moreover, a good part of class time will be devoted to explaining the assigned topic and analyzing students’ samples. Well-written pieces will be read aloud in class by their writers.

Course Code: 3217015

Course Title: Japanese Writing 1

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

This course is intended for the second-year Japanese majors. The aims of this course are to introduce the basic principles and skills involved in Japanese writing, to develop students’ writing competence, and to train them to use Japanese Word Processor effectively.

This course provides a close examination of different types of Japanese essays, and introduces some basic requirements for and skills in Japanese writing. In this course students will learn to tell the differences between oral Japanese and written Japanese, to express their ideas in clear and laconic language, and to use effectively various types of software intended for Japanese writing, including Japanese Word Processor. Sample analysis will be given before students begin to write.

Course Code: 3217016

Course Title: Japanese Writing 2

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

This course is intended for the second-year Japanese majors. It aims to introduce the basic principles and skills involved in Japanese writing, to develop students’ writing competence, and to train them to use Japanese Word Processor effectively.

This course provides a close examination of different types of Japanese essays, and introduces some basic requirements for and skills in Japanese writing. In this course students will learn to tell the differences between oral Japanese and written Japanese, to express their ideas in clear and laconic language, and to use effectively various types of software intended for Japanese writing, including Japanese Word Processor. Sample analysis will be given before students begin to write.

Course Code: 3217017

Course Title: Japanese Grammar

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

This course gives a systematic summary of grammatical knowledge that students have learned in the previous courses. They are expected to improve their grammatical proficiency, while preparing for Level 1 of JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test).

This course is taught in line with Standards for Level 1 of JLPT. Through explaining the difficult points in Japanese grammar and comparing the grammatical uses that students tend to confuse with each other, this course aims to enable students to understand more deeply the semantic meaning of each grammatical point, and acquaint them with grammatical variation in Japanese.

Course Code: 3217019

Course Titl: Outline of Japan

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction :

By the end of this course students are expected to acquire an encyclopedic knowledge of Japanese society, including its geography, history, politics, economy, folk culture, etc. Through comparing Japan with China, students will have a better understanding of the civilization and people of this country, and the international relationship in Asia.

This course is a survey of Japan’s geographical conditions, population, climate, politics, economy, culture, education, history, and literature, as well as Japanese people’s thinking and behaving modes, folk customs and living habits. Class activities include lectures from the teacher, students’ duty report, video watching, and in-class debate.

Course Code: 3217020

Course Title: Network Communication in Japanese

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction:

Through communicating in Japanese online, students are expected to learn how to run a computer in which a Japanese operating system is installed, and input a Japanese text on a computer. Besides these skills, they will learn how to browse net pages in Japanese for information, and to improve their communicative competence online.

Students are assigned a topic each week. They are required to discuss the assigned topic on the network, and then hand in a written record of their online communication. Then they will have to summarize and reorganize the ideas in the record, and discuss the topic further in class.

Course Code: 3217021

Course Title: Outline of Japanese

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction:

This course is intended for the third-year Japanese majors. It is a systematic and theoretical introduction of the pronunciation and intonation of Japanese, letters and Chinese characters used in this language, and its lexical and grammatical features. After a semester’s study, students will have a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of this language, and become more adept in using it.

This course consists of four parts. The first part examines the way vowels and consonants are pronounced in Japanese, the formation of a syllable in Japanese and Japanese phonemes. The second part deals with the way Kanji and Kana are used in written Japanese, as well as the functions of Kanji, and the evolution of Kana. The third section includes an introduction to vocabulary, the senses of a word, the formation of Japanese vocabulary, and the composition of a Japanese word. The last section is a survey of tense, aspect, and voice in Japanese. Lectures, in-class discussion and practice, and take-home assignment will all be considered in order to make this course more efficient. The interaction between the teacher and students will be ensured in this course.

Course Code: 3217022

Course Title: History of Japanese Literature

Credit Value: 2 Total Hours: 36

Course Introduction:

This course is intended for the third-year Japanese majors. It is a general survey of Japanese literary history from Ancient Literature, Classical Literature, Medieval Literature, Early Modern Literature, to Modern Literature. Major writers and literary works will be studied in relation to their respective historical backgrounds. After a semester’s study, students will not only understand and appreciate Japanese literature better, but will lay a solid foundation for their future literary study;