CourseSpecifications
Valid as from the academic year 2024-2025

Modern Japanese VI (A003213)

Course size
Credits 8.0(nominal values; actual values may depend on programme)
Study time 240 h

Course offerings and teaching methods in academic year 2024-2025
A (semester 2)Dutch, Japanese
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Lecturers in academic year 2024-2025
Declercq, Tanguy
Holvoet, Marlies
Horckmans, Mieke
Oguma, Rie
Niehaus, Andreas

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Offered in the following programmes in 2024-2025
Bachelor of Arts in Oriental Languages and Cultures(main subject Japan)
Exchange Programme Oriental Languages and Cultures

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Teaching languages
Japanese, Dutch
Keywords
Modern Japanese
Position of the course
This advanced course wants to train the students in reading authentic texts in modern
Japanese and to increase the speaking and listening skills. Students are taught how toconverse with a native speaker on specialised themes.
Contents
Reading non-adapted texts (literature, newspapers, specialist literature, etc.) in modern
Japanese with an increasing level of difficulty. The student must prepare each text beforehand.
Every student must also read a set of reading matter on his own. Studying audio-visualmaterial. In the practical lessons the student will write short essays and give short lectures inJapanese. Students will be drilled in the various levels of the honorific language. Also,
contemporary societal topics such as gender, sustainability, and environment are addressed.
Initial competences
To have successfully completed the course Japanese V or to have acquired the necessaryskills by other means.
Final competences
1 To have active knowledge of about 1400 Sino-Japanese characters, structures and1 specialised Japanese lexica.
2 To be able to interpret and translate specialised texts independently.
3 To be able to study a Japanese subject in a scientific manner by means of authentic modern
1 Japanese sources.
4 To have a specialised vocabulary of modern Japanese (speak, read, write and understand).
5 To be able to have conversations with a native speaker on specialised themes.
6 -To be able to read, interpret and translate all forms of written modern Japanese (newspaper
1 style, modern literature, professional literature etc) by means of different lexica.
(Approved)

1Conditions for credit contract
Access to this course unit via a credit contract is determined after successful competences assessment
Conditions for exam contract
This course unit cannot be taken via an exam contract
Teaching methods
Seminar, Lecture, Independent work
Extra information on the teaching methods• Lectures: 2 hours of theory a week is provided. The teaching of the theory (vocabulary,grammar) is done by the lecturer.
• Seminars: 4 hours of class exercises a week are provided. These exercises are presented byco-lecturers and deal with practicing and applying the theory under guidance. The students aretrained in speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Basic dialogues and simple
conversations are trained by means of a role play.
• Independent work: the students also receive a portfolio that has to be made individually. A
test on grammar and writing will be held after every chapter.
Study material
Type: Handbook
Name: Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced
Indicative price: Free or paid by faculty
Optional: noLanguage : OtherAuthor : Kamada Osamu
Online Available : Yes
Available in the Library : Yes
Available through Student Association : No
Usability and Lifetime within the Course Unit : regularly
Usability and Lifetime within the Study Programme : regularly
Usability and Lifetime after the Study Programme : regularly
References
Makino, Seeichi; Tsutsui, Michio: A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar. Tokyo: TheJapan Times 2009
Course content-related study coaching
Continuous feedback in the classical exercises. The results of oral and written exercises arediscussed with the students.
Assessment moments
end-of-term and continuous assessment
Examination methods in case of periodic assessment during the first examination period
Oral assessment
Examination methods in case of periodic assessment during the second examination period
Oral assessment
Examination methods in case of permanent assessment
Written assessment, Assignment
Possibilities of retake in case of permanent assessment
examination during the second examination period is possible in modified form
Extra information on the examination methods
Assessment form
There is a periodical oral examination. The oral examination stresses speaking and listening
skills. Students should be able to talk about more specialised topics concerning Japan (40%).
The two non-periodical exams are written and there is a portofolio assignment as well (60%)
Calculation of the examination mark
Periodical exam (40%)
Non-periodical exam (60%)
Facilities for Working Students
1.Student attendance during educational activities is required
2. Possible rescheduling of the examination to a different time in the same academic year(Approved)2

3. Feedback can be given by email or during an appointment during office hours
For more information concerning flexible learning: contact the monitoring service of the facultyof Arts and philosophy(Approved)3