MANILA TYTANA COLLEGES

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE TITLE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1 (NIHONGO 1)

COURSE CODE

FL ELECTIVE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides the students the essential

concept of Basic Nihongo.
It is designed to
promote the students need to attain a basic
degree of efficiency to pronounce the words
properly and be familiar with some Japanese
activities and culture.
This program is focused on the communicative
approach to Japanese. It is designed to develop the
students competencies in the four macro skills
(listening, reading, speaking and writing) and the
use of audiovisual materials. It also provides a
complete explanation on the grammatical usage
with corresponding illustrations for every dialogue.
The grammatical rules which are distinctively
Japanese will enable the student to follow the
sentence patterns properly.

CREDIT UNITS
FORWARD LINKAGE

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3 Units

FL 2 (NIHONGO 2)

NO. OF HOURS

3 hours per week

COURSE OBJECTIVES
expected to:

At the end of the course, students are

COGNITIVE:
1. Distinguish the difference between formal and
familiar way of conversation in Japanese.
2. Acquire information and recognize the
distinctive viewpoints that are only available
through foreign .language and its culture.
Affective:
1. Appreciate Japanese culture and traditions.
2. Develop respect and humility.
3. Use greetings and expressions effectively and
creatively.
Psychomotor:
1. Create a dialogue based on a given situation
and problem.
2. Participate actively in discussions, group
dynamic activities and theatrical production.

WEEKS
1

LEARNING CONTENT
Introduction to Nihongo
a) Why Nihongo not Nippongo?
b) The Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana and
Kanji)
Culture:
* Japanese hierarchy (importance of seniority)
* The importance of business card

VALUES
Caring
Creative
Competent
Committed
Culture-Adaptive
Competitive
Advantage

Pronunciation/Phonetics
Basic Greetings and some common expressions
2&3

Lesson 1 : HAJIMEMASHITE
*Vocabularies:
Countries
Nationalities
Occupation

Creative
Culture Adaptive
Competent
Competitive
Advantage

*Grammar :
Subject Pronouns
The Copula verbs (desu and ja arimasen)
Particles wa, no and mo
*Communication:
Introducing Oneself
Introducing a colleague to another person
* Writings:
Hiragana Writing Chart 1 : a, ka, sa, ta
Counters used in expressing ones age.
The standard Japanese counting (ones, 10s and 100s)

4&5

Culture:
Meeting Etiquette in Japan:
a) Significance of bowing
Lesson 2 : Hon no kimochi desu.
Vocabularies :
Different things
Grammar :
Demonstratives : kore, sore, are, kono, sono and ano

Caring
Creative
Competent
Committed
Culture-Adaptive
Competitive
Advantage

Hiragana characters : na, ha, ma, ya, ra & n

6
7 &8

Culture :
Gift giving etiquette
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Lesson 3: Kore o Kudasai
Vocabularies:
Different places
Counters used for floors
The standard Japanese counting (thousands, ten
thousands, 100thousands, million, etc)

Caring
Creative
Competent
Committed
Culture-Adaptive
Competitive
Advantage

Grammar:
Demonstratives for places (koko/soko/asoko /
kochira/sochira/achira)

9, 10 & 11

Chart II of Hiragana characters

ga, za, da, ba, pa
Lesson 4 : Sochira wa nanji kara nanji made desu ka.
Counters used in :
Time Telling
Minutes
Hours

Caring
Creative
Competent
Committed
Culture-Adaptive
Competitive
Advantage

Time Expressions : (now, yesterday, last night, etc)

Days of the week
Months of the year
Asking and giving telephone numbers
Usage of particle ni
Verbs okimasu (to wake up), nemasu (to sleep),
hatarakimasu (to work), benkyoushimasu (to study)
Conjugation of verbs in present/future and past tense
Chart III of Hiragana Characters
kya, sha, cha and nya groups
12
13 & 14

MID-TERM EXAMINATION
Lesson 5: Koen e ikimasu
Interrogatives dare (who) and itsu (when)
Usage of particles to, e and de
Verbs of movement :
Ikimasu (go) , kimasu (come), kaerimasu (come back)
Different modes of transportation
Chart III of Hiragana Characters
hya, mya, rya, gya
15, 16 & 17 Lesson 6: Isshoni ikimasen ka.
Food Terminologies
Drinks
Verbs : tabemasu (eat), nomimasu (drink), suimasu
(smoke), shimasu (do), kaimasu (buy)
Inviting someone
Usage of particle o as object
The verbs in masho form
Various objects
Hiragana Chart III : ja, bya and hya
Rules in writing Hiragana character
18
FINAL EXAMINATION (Written)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Major Examinations
a. Prelim
b. Midterm
c. Finals
2. Class Standing
a. Quizzes
b. Group Dynamics Activities/
Seatwork/Oral Presentation
c. Recitation
d. Assignments
GRADING SYSTEM
Course Grade: (Prelim X 30% + Midterm X 30% + Finals X 40%
60%
Major Examination (Prelim, Midterm, Finals)

Creative
Culture-Adaptive
Caring
Competent

Caring
Creative
Competent
Committed
Culture-Adaptive
Competitive
Advantage

= Semestral Grade)

Oral
Written

(30%)
(30%)

Class Standing
Quizzes (at least 3 per period)

Score X 60 + 40
Perfect Score
Group Dynamics/Seatwork/Oral Presentation
Recitation
Assignments
Total
REFERENCES:
MINNA NO NIHONGO (Lesson 1 6)
Hiragana Character Sheet

40%
20%
10%
5%
5%
100%