- 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)
Learning outcomes
Students will familiarize themselves with fundamental problems associated with linguistic mediation between Japanese, Italian and other major Ind-European languages and learn strategies of handling issues.
Course contents
Starting from the basics acquired in the first module of the course, 69537 - LINGUA E MEDIAZIONE GIAPPONESE (C.I.) - LINGUA E CULTURA GIAPPONESE, new linguistic and cultural materials will be presented (Genki 1: Lesson 11-12). The students will participate in role play activities in order to improve their communicative skills in realistic everyday life situations. Furthermore, they will conduct other activities (e.g., reading comprehension, listening exercises), utilizing learning tools such as online multi-media materials, in order to develop the various aspects of the linguistic and communicative competence. Finally, they will choose a topic related to Japanese culture, collect materials and write up a term paper.
Readings/Bibliography
Textbooks
Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary
Japanese
- second edition (Japan
Times)
Genki I: Work Book - second edition (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. Grammatica giapponese (HOEPLI)
Teaching methods
lectures, exercises, homeworks
Assessment methods
The final grades will be decided, based on the results of written & oral exams, a term paper, and composition assignments.
Teaching tools
lectures, handouts, audio-visual aides, computer aides
Office hours
See the website of Motoko Ueyama