69537 - Japanese Language and Culture

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Motoko Ueyama
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: L-OR/22
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Course contents

Review exercises of the materials of Japanese Language 1 and introduction of new materials (L.8-L.10 di Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese).

The exercises focus on various skills: conversation, reading and listening comprehension, simple compositions.  The students continue to use the computer in Japanese (the students write compositions about various topics).  Additionally, they familiarize themselves with some aspects of the Japanese Culture.

Readings/Bibliography

Textbooks
Genki I : An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese  (Japan Times)
Genki I Work Book  (Japan Times)

Optional References
< Dictionaries >
Dizionario giapponese-italiano, italiano-giapponese  (Zanichelli)
Kodansha's Furigana English-Japanese Dictionary  (Kodansha)

< Grammar >
Matilde Mastrangelo, Naoko Ozawa & Mariko Saito (2006).   Grammatica giapponese .  (HOEPLI)

Teaching methods

lectures, exercises, homeworks

Assessment methods

The final grades will be decided, based on the results of written & oral exams and composition assignments.

Teaching tools

lectures, handouts, audio-visual aides, computer aides

Office hours

See the website of Motoko Ueyama