Universität Wien

150127 UE Japanese Grammar II (2023S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch, Japanisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

⚠ Japanese Grammar II and Writing Systems do share a time-slot. This is not an error.

Mittwoch 08.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 15.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 22.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 29.03. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 19.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 26.04. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 03.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 10.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 17.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 24.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 31.05. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 07.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 14.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 21.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Mittwoch 28.06. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Please direct questions concerning registration for BJ2 to the SSS/SPL, not the lecturers.

This course will continue right where Japanese Grammar I left off, covering more basic grammar, vocabulary and kanji. It is meant to be taken in tandem with Business Japanese [= Japanese Communication II] and Japanese Writing Systems, please register for all three.

PREREQUISITES:
* Grammar I, Japanese Communication (and their prerequisites)

Together, the three BJ2 courses provide students with basic skills in the Japanese language as well as the tools to build on those skills on their own. At the end of the second semester students should be able to
* communicate orally in various everyday situations
* understand basic spoken and written Japanese texts [the latter will require extensive use of dictionaries], including business- or economics-related ones aimed at a general audience
* read ~470 of the most common kanji
* produce select kinds of written communication [with the help of a computer]
* expand on their knowledge of Japanese in self-study, using dictionaries, grammar references etc.
The course will also cover everything required to pass the language part of the StEOP exam for Japanese Studies majors, enabling students to take more advanced language courses, if they wish to specialise further [some German req.].

Grammar II will continue to focus on constructively building an understanding of Japanese grammar and vocabulary by way of Japanese-English translation, providing a base for the other two courses to build upon.

Students are expected to prepare for each lesson with the help of the material provided on Moodle, meaning that they should know the lesson’s vocabulary, have an idea of how the new grammar works, be able to read the text, even offer up a translation, but most importantly come with questions. Preparation and active participation, as well as cooperation between students is very much encouraged and deemed an important element of the course.

Face-time is meant primarily for questions, extra coverage of content identified (by the students or lecturer) as difficult, review/testing, and such, though we will run through the week’s content together, time permitting.

The plan is to cover 1 lesson from the textbook per week (excluding holidays), starting with L10; as well as ~18 new kanji/week (including holidays). Please budget at least 9 h/week for self-study.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

This course uses continuous assessment (hat immanenten Prüfungscharakter). The idea is that students do not study for, say, a particular test but simply keep up with the course—and demonstrate that regularly. As such students will be asked to perform a variety of tasks, online and/or offline, in and beyond the classroom, with or without prior announcement.

The bulk of these will be in the form of short revision tests, but possibly also, less formally, oral revision, ad-hoc questions, homework. Naturally, kanji, vocabulary, and grammar knowledge are on the menu, but also, for example, graded reading (fluency & pronunciation), oral translation, ad-hoc reading comprehension and grammar questions, dictation, listening and listening comprehension exercises, research on specific points of grammar, and so forth.
Some weeks may have no tasks, others multiple.
Some tasks may be optional/voluntary. Students are not entitled to participate in these.

Additionally, there will be a comprehensive final test at the end of the semester.

Students are expected to be prepared for class, volunteer for translations, answer and ask questions, etc. („active participation“).

Unless otherwise stated, no materials or aids are permitted. Students must do all work on their own, without any outside help. For the purposes of this stipulation, using machine translation services or other software that may be classified as AI counts as outside help as well. It should go without saying that plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
There is a strict zero tolerance policy regarding the above rules, at minimum students deemed in violation immediately fail the course and the reason will show up on their transcript.

The lecturer reserves the right to restrict the use of electronic devices, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, during class.

Extra credit (1 ECTS) is available on request for students whose programme of studies requires it.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

* Attendance is mandatory. No-shows for the first unit will have their registration revoked immediately. As a courtesy, absences of up to 1 in 5 units [rounded down] are tolerated, but students are not entitled to make up for missed tasks / opportunities to participate; anything beyond that results in a failing grade by default. Tardiness may be counted as absence at the sole discretion of the lecturer.
However, in the interest of health and safety students are strongly encouraged to stay home if they’re not feeling well. To that end, the attendance requirement may be relaxed on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the lecturer.

* Everyone who does participate in at least one lesson will receive a grade, except if they de-register before the appropriate deadline.

* The tasks score is calculated by dropping the worst of each student’s individual task marks, then averaging the rest. (Missed mandatory tasks, like tests, receive a mark of 0 points; missed optional tasks simply don’t count.)

* More than 60 percentage points are required to pass the course (> 70 → 3/C, > 80 → 2/B, > 90 → 1/A), comprising: the tasks set in the course of the semester (53 %); a written final test (33 %); and active participation (14 %).
Finally, up to 5 percentage points may be awarded / docked at the sole discretion of the lecturer for the purpose of determining the final grade.

Prüfungsstoff

Everything covered in the course, in class and/or on the e-learning platform (Moodle), including, but not limited to, the presentations/slides, textbook, vocabulary & kanji lists, grammar script & sheets, and forum discussions. Note that due to the cumulative nature of language learning, everything from the first semester is implicitly also still in scope.

Literatur

Textbook:
Bunka shokyū nihongo I. Tekisuto. Kaiteiban. [2013 ed.] Tōkyō: Bonjinsha.
Available at Facultas bookshop in “Hof 1” on Campus. Most likely (part of) the second volume will also be required, but there is no need to buy it in advance.

Additional material will be distributed in class and/or via the e-learning platform (Moodle).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MA M1 for Ecos-students
EC Wirtschaftskommunikation Japanisch II

Letzte Änderung: Do 27.04.2023 08:27