Subject Code: JAP 101 Version No.

Course Prerequisites Objectives

Title : Basic Japanese 1.0

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1.The course aims at the development of the basic skills for reading(Yomikata), writing and communicating in Japanese. 2. This will enhance the opportunity to have a good job and higher . education abroad. Expected Outcome 1.At the end of the semester the students will be able to Communicate in Japanese language. 2. They will be able to survive in Japan and meet their daily needs. Unit Nos. Unit Title Number of hours (per Unit) Unit 1 6H 1. Introduction to Japanese Alphabets 2. Vowels and Consonants 3. Hiragana, Katakana 4. Pronunciation 5. Writing practice 6. Japanese Numerals 7. Demonstrative pronoun Kore, Sore, Are and Dore (This, That, Over there, which) Kono, sono, Ano and Dono (this, that, over there, which) Kochira, Sochira, Achira and Dochiora (this way....) Koko, Soko, Asoko and Doko (Here, There.location) 8. Greetings 9. Classification of verbs (be verb desu (Present tense) 10. Part of body (look and learn) 11. Particle -Wa Unit 2 1. Basic structure of sentence (Subject+ Object+ Verb) 2. Classification of verbs a) Be verb desu Present and Present negative Past and Past negative b) Aru and Iru for living things and non living things c) Masu form (Present and Present negative) 3. Particle- Ka, Ni, Ga, 4. Conjunction-Ya 5. Grammar- ~ Go, ~Jin, San 6. Days/ Months /Year/Week (Current, Previous, Next, Next to Next) 7. Nation, People and Language 8. Classification of Adjectives I and Na 9. Vocabulary and its Meaning 10. Audio tape listening 11. Class tests Unit 3 1. Classification of Particle ( Ga, Ka, Wa, O, E, Ni, De, No, Kara, Made ) 2. Classification of Adjectives I and Na 3. Classification of verbs Go dan verb, Ichdan vers and Irregular verbs (Present, Present negative and past negative) 4. Classification of question words ( Doko, Dore, Dono, Dochira) 5. Time expressions (Jikan) 6. Number of hours 6H

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7. Vocabulary and its Meaning 8. Number of months, calendar of a month 9. Audio tape listening 10. Class tests Unit 4 1. Classification of Question words (Dare, Nani, , Itsu, Doyatte, Doo, To, Ne, Yo, Ikutsu, Ikura) 2. Classification of Te forms 3. At the departmental store 4. At the Railway /Bus station 5. Polite form of verbs 6. At the hospital (Byoki) 7. Vocabulary and its Meaning 8. Audio tape listening 9. Class tests Unit 5 1. Words of degree (Gurai and Kurai) 2. Adverb (Mazu,Sore kara,Saigo ni ) 3. Name of the things you carry (look and learn) 4. Relation ship of family (look and learn) 5. Visit a office and University 6. Set phrase Onegaishimasu Sumimasen 7. Positions and Direction 8. Vocabulary and its Meaning 9. Audio tape listening 10. Revision 11. Test Text Books 6H

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1. Nihongo no KISO-1 2. Randan house Japanese-English-Japanese dictionary 3. Ootsubo et al, A course in Modern Japanese, Vol. 1, 1983, The University of Nagoya Press, Japan. 4. Shiyo Suzuki and Ikuo kawase, Nihongo Shoho text book with Audiotapes, 1981, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Yan-san Serial, Video tapes, Japan. 6. Ooesto et a, A course in Modern Japanese, Vol. II, 1983, The University of Nagoya Press, Japan. 22.5.2008 16.6.2008

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