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Japanese for beginners. Part 1 - free course from Open Education, training 7 weeks, from 4 to 7 hours per week, Date November 29, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 01, 2023
During the course, students will become familiar with basic information about writing, grammar, phonetics and the rules of speech communication in Japanese language, master basic vocabulary and grammar, learn to read and write Japanese alphabet characters, and also get acquainted with the first hieroglyphs in the volume of 16 units.
The course pays special attention to Japanese writing, since it is this aspect that causes the greatest difficulties for beginners in learning Japanese.
Each module involves a large number of exercises in grammar and writing, including theoretical information.
Also, part of the course is devoted to the culture and traditions of Japan and the features of speech etiquette necessary for successful communication with native speakers.
Cand. Philol. Sciences Position: Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Studies
Cand. Philol. Sciences Position: Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Studies
The course consists of five modules, each of which includes:
- two grammar lessons;
- two writing lessons with theoretical and practical exercises;
- one phonetics lesson;
- longread with additional material on grammar/vocabulary;
- dialogues between characters on everyday topics;
- tests on grammar, as well as on the theory and practice of writing.
In the first module we will find:
An introduction to basic phonetics, an overview of the Japanese language, and a lesson covering basic Japanese morphology and syntax, during which students learn how to form simple sentences and ask common questions.
In the writing unit, students will become familiar with general information on the theory of writing and will also learn the Hiragana alphabet. The unit has a built-in simulator in flash card format, which will help you quickly learn hiragana signs.
In the second module we will find:
Introduction to the Japanese personal pronoun system, as well as the こ・そ・あ (Japanese) system. ko-so-a) ー system of demonstrative pronouns. Students will learn what case markers are and become familiar with Japanese adjectives.
In the writing unit, students will deepen their knowledge of the rules for writing words using the Hiragana alphabet and become familiar with additional characters.
In the third module we will find:
A more detailed introduction to the morphology of adjectives and basic information on Japanese verb morphology. In addition, students will master numerals: they will learn not only to count in order, but also to count the number of objects, and will also become familiar with counting words and learn how to use them.
In the writing unit, students will become familiar with the katakana alphabet: they will learn what its fundamental differences are from the hiragana alphabet, and also in what cases it should be used.
In the fourth module we will find:
Working with case indicators. This module provides an overview of all the basic case markers in Japanese. Also, listeners will learn to use the goal construction with verbs of motion and become familiar with a new syntactic structure - a complex sentence.
In the writing unit, the basic rules for transliterating foreign words using katakana characters will be discussed.
In the fifth module we will find:
Acquaintance with the morphology of adverbs and adverbial forms of adjectives, a conversation about such a phenomenon as substantivization, as well as about such a topic specific to the Japanese language as verbs of giving and receiving.
In the writing block, students will begin to get acquainted with hieroglyphs: they will learn how to write hieroglyphs correctly so that the symbols look calligraphic, and will also learn the first hieroglyphs.
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