| Learning Outcomes | 
		PO | 
		MME | 
	
	
		| The students who succeeded in this course: | 
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		| LO-1 | 
		Can explain the features of Japanese language and writing. | 
		
		
			
		 
			PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.  
			
		 | 
		 Examination   | 
	
		
		| LO-2 | 
		Can read and understand basic Japanese sentences and texts. | 
		
		
			
		 
			PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.  
			
		 | 
		 Examination   | 
	
		
		| LO-3 | 
		Can communicate in basic Japanese. | 
		
		
			
		 
			PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.  
			
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		 Oral Examination   | 
	
		
		PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation | 
	
	
		| Course Contents | 
	
	
		| This course covers the structural features of Japanese, basic sentence forms and Japanese speech patterns that may be needed in daily life. | 
	
	
		| Weekly Course Content | 
	
	
		| Week | 
		Subject | 
		Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | 
	
	
		
		| 1 | 
		Introduction, subject of the course, purpose, scope and explanation of the books to be used in the course, teaching the alphabet | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer | 
	
		
		| 2 | 
		General information about the Japanese language, Japanese script, and Japanese grammar and the alphabet, Japanese greetings and Japanese numbers | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 3 | 
		Japanese syntax and positive/negative noun phrases and interrogative sentences | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Role-playing | 
	
		
		| 4 | 
		Sentences with sign words “kore, sore, are” / “koko, soko, asoko” and the use of the preposition -no | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Drama | 
	
		
		| 5 | 
		Japanese action phrases, time and date expressions, prepositions -ni and -e | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 6 | 
		Use of -de and -o prepositions and action conjugations | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 7 | 
		Review before the midterm exam and watching Japanese videos with Turkish subtitles  | 
		Question Answer, Observation | 
	
		
		| 8 | 
		mid-term exam | 
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		| 9 | 
		Japanese i-adjectives and na-adjectives, positive/negative adjective sentences | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 10 | 
		Past and present tense sentences in Japanese | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 11 | 
		Japanese counting words and their use in sentences | 
		Lecture, Question and Answer, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 12 | 
		Japanese expressions for travel and hotel | 
		Lecture, Role-playing, Drama | 
	
		
		| 13 | 
		Japanese expressions for shopping, convenience store, grocery store and restaurant | 
		Lecture, Role-playing, Drama | 
	
		
		| 14 | 
		Reading short stories and texts in Japanese | 
		Skill development exercise, Group Work | 
	
		
		| 15 | 
		Review and chat with invited Japanese native speaker | 
		Question and Answer | 
	
	
	
		| 16 | 
		final exam | 
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		| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | 
	
		
		| 1 | 
		AOTS, (2005), Shin Nihongo-no Kiso I Main Textbook Romanized Edition, Tokyo:Surienettowaku. | 
	
		
		| 2 | 
		Kawarazaki, M., 1978, Nihongo Kana Nyūmon Eigo-ban, The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute Urawa, Japan. | 
	
		
		| 3 | 
		The Japan Foundaiton, (2016), Marugoto, Nihon-no Kotoba-to Bunka, Shokyu 1 A2 Rikai, Sanshusha. | 
	
		
		| 4 | 
		The Japan Foundaiton, (2016), Marugoto, Nihon-no Kotoba-to Bunka, Shokyu 1 A2 Katsudo, Sanshusha.                                                                                                                                                           | 
	
		
		| Required Course instruments and materials | 
	
	
		| Lecture notes |