Bachelor
2022/2023
Japanese Language (Professional Level)
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)
Area of studies:
Foreign Regional Studies
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
4 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
12
Contact hours:
208
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Japanese Language (Professional Level) Course is designed for non-native learners of Japanese who have taken approximately three years of regularly paced college-level Japanese. During the duration of the course students learn the vocabulary needed to discuss the modern societies of Russia and Japan and the issues that people in those societies face today, as presented in the official Japanese media. The overall goal of this course is to bring students’ Japanese proficiency to more advanced level and help them to develop an active command of authentic reading materials.
It is expected that by the end of the course students will reach B2 level according to CEFR and N2 level according to JLPT.
Learning Objectives
- Reading: Students will be able to read, comprehend and translate into Russian authentic Japanese media articles on major political and economic topics relevant in modern day Japan.
- ·Speaking: Students will be able to communicate, hold discussions and express their opinions regarding major political and economic topics relevant in modern day Japan. Students are able to make a speech on the topic of “My Academic Journey and Future Plans”.
- ·Listening: Students will be able to listen and comprehend media materials on major political and economic topics relevant in modern day Japan.
- ·Writing: Students will be able to conduct official and business correspondence, adhering to the rules of Japanese business correspondence style.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- 1. Students can read, comprehend and translate authentic Japanese media materials into Russian.
- 2. Students can listen and comprehend authentic Japanese media materials and answer questions regarding the content. Students can hold discussions and express their opinions on the topic.
- 3. Students can read and write business letters in Japanese.
- 4. Students are able to make a speech on the topic of “My Academic Journey and Future Plans”.
Course Contents
- Finance – Bank, Insurance, Securities, Policy （金融）
- Trade – Trade business, Foreign trade （貿易・外国貿易）
- Management and New Technology - Company, Organizations, Salary （経営・新技術）
- International relations （国際関係）
- Summit meetings, official visits （首脳会談・訪問）
- Japan-Russia Relations and Peace Treaty （日ロ関係・平和条約）
- “My Academic Journey and Future Plans”
Assessment Elements
- Classwork for Reading and WritingClasswork for Reading and Writing consists of various assessment activities conducted in class during the course of module: vocabulary and kanji quizzes and written text translations etc. The teacher of the course has a right to increase the grade for classwork by 1 point to motivate hard-working and diligent students. At the same time, the teacher can decrease the grade for classwork by 1 point for missing the lessons and for not turning in homework assignments.
- Classwork for Listening and SpeakingОписание: Classwork for Listening and Speaking consists of various assessment activities conducted in class or given as homework during the course of semester: 1) presence and participation; 2) listening comprehension tasks; 3) vocabulary quizzes. The teacher of the course has a right to increase the grade for classwork by 1 point to motivate hard-working and diligent students. At the same time, the teacher can decrease the grade for classwork by 1 point for missing the lessons and for not turning in homework assignments. If a student misses any such assessment activity due to a justifiable excuse (such as absence due to health reasons supported with a doctor’s note), they do not get any grade for the activity. In case of absence due to an unjustifiable reason, the activity will be graded with 0 points.
- Examination (2nd module)Examination consists of 2 tasks: 1) written translation of a news article from Japanese to Russian without using a dictionary (60%); 2) written translation of a business letter from Russian to Japanese without using a dictionary (40%).
- Examination (3rd module)Examination is conducted in 2 parts: in written and in oral forms. The examination grade is calculated as follows: Examination = 0,5*Written examination + 0,5* Oral examination The written part is held for all students of the group at the same time within a period of 10 days before the exam session. It comprises of 2 tasks: 1) translation of a news article from Japanese to Russian without using a dictionary (60%); 2) translation of a business letter from Russian to Japanese without using a dictionary (40%). The oral part is carried out on a separate day during the exam session. It consists of 2 tasks: 1) speech on the topic of “My Academic Journey and Future Plans” (60%) 2) watch or listen to a news video/audio clip and answer questions regarding the content. (40%)
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 2nd module0.4 * Classwork for Listening and Speaking + 0.4 * Classwork for Reading and Writing + 0.2 * Examination (2nd module)
- 2022/2023 3rd module0.3 * Classwork for Reading and Writing + 0.4 * Examination (3rd module) + 0.3 * Classwork for Listening and Speaking
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Фесюн А. Г. - Язык японских СМИ - 978-5-7598-0988-3 - Москва: ВШЭ - 2013 - 334277 - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/334277/reading - iBOOKS
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 友松悦子, 宮本淳, & 和栗雅子. (2010). どんなときどう使う日本語表現文型500 : 日本語能力試験N1-N3の重要表現を網羅 = 500 essential Japanese expressions : a guide to correct usage of key sentence patterns (Vol. 改訂版). 東京: アルク. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=637349