Course code

HIL7212.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Jaapani keel C1.2

Course title in English

Japanese Writing for Advanced Level 2

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of this course is to give the knowledge about the characteristics and structure of Japanese academic essay and free essay.

Brief description of the course

During the course will be introduced some common characteristics of Japanese essays, different stylistics and grammatical expressions: yōyakubun (summary and abstract), shōrombun (short essay) and free essay. In contact lessons students read and analyze examples of essays by different authors, paying attention to the structure and composition of Japanese essays. Students have to submit a yōyakubun and a shōrombun on designated theme and a free essay on freely chosen theme. Students will learn the tategaki (vertical writing) rules of genkō-yōshi (manuscript paper) and the usage of ko-so-a-do-words in a lengthy text. Special attention will be paid to the conjunctive words used in essays and to the composition of compound sentences. Also there will be introduced the different techniques of abbreviation, like nominalization (meishika) and shortening of sentence (shōryaku).

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the specific features of the language and structure of an academic text;
- knows the stylistic variations of different academic texts;
- knows and is able to use different abbreviation and nominalisation techniques in Japanese texts;
- is able to write in Japanese academic texts (abstract, summary, short essay), and knows the basic conventions of reference code in Japanese.

Teacher

Maret Nukke

Prerequisite course 1

Advanced Japanese 1 (HIL7211.HT)

Study programmes containing that course

Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/24.HT)
Comparative Philosophy (HIFVM/24.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/24.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/23.HT)
Comparative Philosophy (HIFVM/23.HT)
Comparative Philosophy (HIFVM/22.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/22.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/21.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/20.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/19.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/18.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/17.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAM/16.HT)