UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Japanese Level 1
Prerequisite for entry
For complete beginners
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level
(basic vocabulary, grammar and phonetics). Students should be able to communicate in
and understand Japanese on a number of practical everyday matters. Language learning
skills, including autonomous learning and how to approach some authentic material will be
enhanced. Also, students should develop their ability of reading and writing Hiragana.
Cultural awareness will be developed.
Functions
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Greetings and introductions
Asking about a location of a thing
Asking for prices
Asking for or giving a telephone number
Expressing time
Asking someone to do something together
Talking about daily routines
Reading and writing a memo
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Countries, nationalities and languages
Occupation
Numbers
Days of a week and time
Shopping
Travel and transport
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Basic rules of the pronunciation of Spoken Japanese
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Grammar
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Noun sentences
ko/so/a/do words (demonstrative words)
Words to make a question
Negative form of desu
Questions with interrogatives
Particles (mo, ne, no, yo, ni.. etc)
The masu form of verbs
Past tense of the masu form
Negative form of the masu form
masho / masenka
（です）
Learning Resources
Books
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Course book: Minna no Nihongo (shokyu 1) (Lesson 1 – Lesson 6) published by 3A
Corporation
Other material: Minna no Nihongo 1 Translation & Grammatical Notes (Lesson 1 –
Lesson 6) published by 3A Corporation
Bilingual Dictionaries
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Oxford Beginner’s Japanese dictionary (Oxford University Press)
Useful websites:
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http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/310763
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