SHIELD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Contact: 01755092760 WE OFFER N5 SYLLABUS FOR JAPANESE BASICS. NO PAST EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED TO LEARN THIS LANGUAGE. COURSE DURATION: 3 MONTHS TOTAL HOURS: 42 HOURS CLASSES ARE HELD ON WEEKEND AND WEEKDAYS IN BATCHES. --------------COURSE OUTLINE---------------- Topics & Vocabulary: • Introduce yourself with greetings in Japanese • Exchanging business card in Japanese • Asking about of services in stores • Shopping • Describing about the whereabouts of things and people • Transportation • Time and numbers – telling and asking the time, counting cardinal numbers • Everyday objects • Places – shops, important buildings • Daily life – routines, free time • Job • Home • Culture • Existence of People and Things • Ordinal numbers • Invitations • Talking about plans • Making a request • Holidays • Hotels & restaurants • Exchanging • Town & country Grammar I: • Basic Japanese grammar rules – particles : か (ka), は (wa), の (no), と (to), を (o),に (ni),も(mo), が (ga), や (ya) . • Present, Past, Future • Pronouns – subject, object, possessive • Singular vs. Plural • Word order – sentence, question, negative • Question formation • Modal verbs Grammar II: • Understand Japanese aspect and use ‘give’ and ‘receive’ verbs • Making Suggestion -including acceptance and refusal • Use general action verbs to describe habits • Use verbs with negative, past and past negative sentences • Basic Japanese grammar rules – particles を (o), と (to), に (ni), で (de), も (mo). • Adjectives : past negative , negative past using both -い (-i) and な (na) adjectives. • Numbers and Counters rules Cultural Content: • Three writing systems in Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji) • How to bow • Japanese currency • Shops in Japan • Transportation • Excursions to Japanese spas (温泉onsen) |