Course Program

Beginners, children: 9 months, total 144 hours

Nr.	Topics	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Hiragana and Katakana syllables	The study of the Japanese system of writing	30
2	Everyday expressions	Children learn to greet, thank etc.	16
3	Conversation	Children learn to make simple conversations	18
4	Syntax	Children learn to make up simple sentences respecting the syntactic rules of the Japanese language	16
5	Verb	Orally children learn to use verbs in the basic present tenses	14
6	Adjective	Orally children learn the use of the adjectives	12
7	Numeral	Orally children are taught the Japanese system of numbering	9
8	Adverb	Orally independent adverbs and adverbs derived from adjectives adverbs are taught	9
9	Particles	The notion of particle is introduced and the main particles are taught	14
10	Pronunciation and stress	The Japanese sounds are exercised focusing on those different from the Romanian language	6

Intermediates, children: 9 months, total 144 hours

Nr.	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Verb	The knowledge gained orally is practiced in written form; children learn other verb tenses	20
2	Adjective	The knowledge gained orally is practiced in written form; children learn other forms of the adjective	18
3	Adverb	The knowledge gained orally is practiced in written form	8
4	Numeral	The knowledge gained orally is practiced in written form; children study deeper the Japanese system of numbering	10
5	Particles	The knowledge gained orally is practiced in written form; children learn other Japanese particles	18
6	Syntaxes	Children improve the syntax of the Japanese language and learn to make up sentences following its rules	20
7	Reading	Children learn to read in Japanese using hiragana, katakana and kanji syllables	28
8	Kanji	Introduction to the study of Japanese characters	8
9	Conversation	Children learn to converse	14

Advanced, children: 9 months, 144 hours

Nr	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Verbs of giving and receiving	Children learn the verbs of giving and receiving	10
2	The syntax of the simple and compound sentence	The syntax of the sentence is studied deeper and elements of the syntax of compound sentences are introduced	16
3	The syntax of the compound sentence	Different constructions are studied: temporal, conditional, passive, causative	22
4	Aspect and modality	The notions of aspect and modality are studied; the relation aspect – time is studied	18
5	Polite language	Basic elements of polite language are introduced (honorary, etc.)	15
6	Composition and conversation	Children learn to express themselves, orally and in written form, in Japanese	15
7	Kanji	Children begin the organised study of Japanese characters; 150-200 kanji are learned	30
8	Conversation	Children learn to express themselves freely in Japanese	8

Civilisation, children: 9 months, total 72 hours

Nr.	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Geography of Japan	Children learn about location, relief, climate, flora, fauna, and administrative division of Japan	8
2	History of Japan	Children learn about historic periods of Japan and the most important events in its history	10
3	Art	Children study elements of Japanese architecture, painting, sculpturing and ceramics are studied	12
4	Holidays	Children learn about the Japanese main holidays, traditions and customs	8
5	Japanese fairy tales	Children read Japanese fairy tales and learn about Japanese legendary heroes	8
6	Games	Children learn to play Japanese games	6
7	Traditional arts	Children receive information about chanoyu, ikebana, shodo	10
8	Japan today	Information about modern Japanese: family, jobs…	10

Beginners, adults: 9 months, total 144 hours

Nr.	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Hiragana and katakana syllables	Basic elements of Japanese writing are learned	12
2	Pronunciation and stress	Japanese language sounds are exercised focusing on those that are different from Romanian language	4
3	Verb	The verbs are grouped and their consequent conjugation is studied	14
4	Adjective	It is stressed out that in Japanese the adjective is a category related to the verb and its use is studied	10
5	Numeral	The notion of classificatory is introduced and the Japanese system of numbering is studied	6
6	Adverb	Independent adverbs and adverbs derived from adjectives are studied	6
7	Particles	The notion of particle typical for Japanese as an agglutinant language is introduced and main particles are studied	16
8	Auxiliary verbs	The conjugation of auxiliary verbs is studied	16
9	The syntax of the simple and compound sentence	Elements of the syntax of the simple and compound sentence are studied	18
10	Kanji	250 characters are studied with their correct spelling	18
11	Conversation	Students will learn everyday expressions and will be able to make up simple conversations by the end of the module	12
12	Text understanding	Students learn to read easy texts in Japanese language	12

Intermediate, adults: 9 months, 144 hours

Nr.	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Aspect	Aspect in Japanese language and the relation between aspect and time are studied	14
2	Syntactical functions	Syntactical functions specific to Japanese language like intermediary objects, etc. are studied	12
3	The syntax of the compound sentence	Different constructions are studied: temporal, conditional, passive, causative passive, etc.	20
4	Modality	Methods of expressing modality in Japanese language are studied	10
5	Verbs of giving and receiving	Verbs of giving-receiving and their use are studied	12
6	Keigo	Introduction to keigo, polite language (honorary and humble forms) is made	14
7	Grammatical structures	Different grammatical structures are studied	10
8	Kanji	350 characters are learned	18
9	Conversations and understanding of the spoken language	Students exercise theoretical knowledge by conversations; spoken language is studied with the help of audio-visual aids	12
10	Text understanding	Students understand adapted written texts, fairy tales, etc.	12
11	Composition	Students learn to write simple texts about nature, themselves, etc.	10

Advanced, adults: 9 months, total 144 hours

Nr	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Understanding of written literary texts	Students are expected to acquire the ability to read literary Japanese texts	20
2	Understanding of newspaper articles	Students learn to read and to understand articles from Japanese newspapers	15
3	Language levels	Deeper study of the differences between language levels	18
4	Spoken language	Students are expected to be able to understand Japanese spoken language from audio and video tapes	27
5	Composition	Students learn to express themselves in written in Japanese language	14
6	Conversation	Students learn to express themselves orally in Japanese language	22
7	Kanji	700-1000 characters are learned	28

Civilisation, adults: 9 months, total 72 hours

Nr.	Topic	Objectives	Nr. of hours
1	Geography of Japan	Students learn about location, relief, climate, flora, fauna and administrative division of Japan	6
2	History of Japan	Students learn about historic periods of Japan and the most important events in its history	8
3	Religion	Elementary notions about main religions practiced in Japan are acquired	8
4	Japanese holidays	Students learn about main Japanese religious and laic holidays	4
5	Art	Elements of Japanese architecture, painting, sculpturing and ceramics are studied	14
6	Traditional Japanese arts	Students receive information about chanoyu, ikebana, shodo	10
7	Japan today	Students receive information about everyday life of contemporary Japanese	8
8	Japanese society	Students study the Japanese economy, politics, concepts characteristic of traditional Japanese society	14