JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURSE FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS – CAGLIARI – FROM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22

Saturday, September 22, at 10, opened in Cagliari, at the Center for Social Initiatives CIS) in Piazza del Carmine 4, the Japanese language course for absolute beginners promoted by the association of traditional Japanese culture “Aikikai Karalis” in collaboration with the cultural association “Caravella”.

The course, taught by the expert Orientalist Mauro Years from September until June 2013, will take place a week on Saturday mornings from 10.00 to 12.00, a ‘and the following week on Thursday from 21:00 to 22:00 (dedicated to revision) for a total of 50 hours in total.
The maximum number of members is 25, in order to join just send an e-mail to aikikai.karalis @ gmail.com. The registration will be effective then formalized Saturday, September 22.
The course is free of charge subject to annual subscription to the two groups (30 euro total.), This
provides free entry to any other planned initiatives.

The precise statement of the days and times, and any changes will be communicated from time to time through oral and written communication (e-mail).
At the end of the course is not provided for the issue of any certificate.

The Japanese language course aims to teach its students in the two systems
phonetic writing (hiragana and katakana) and about 600 characters (kanji) fundamentals,
the most commonly used words so that you can sustain simple conversations in the register of polite Japanese standard. It is planned to purchase a specific textbook, it is nevertheless recommended manabu nihongo de Italy. Japanese language course for Italians. Theoretical explanations of grammar are accompanied by exercises designed to develop the four skills of speaking, of writing, reading and listening.

Course Schedule
Writing systems: learning hiragana and katakana alphabets, rules
spelling and ideograms (kanji). Introduction to the use of dictionaries (phonetic and
kanji) • Grammar: personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, adjectives and pronouns
demonstrative particles, conjunctions of common use; conjugation of the auxiliary verb
desu (polite style) verbs (courtesy-masu form of media); verbs of existence form
suspension of verbs (-ing form); temporal proposition (kara-te) form exhortation;
progressive forms of the verb (verbs and momentary durativi) causal proposition (-kara);
adverbs of time, quantity, numeral classifiers. • Practical Situations: expressions
basic courtesy; occur; ask the time, tell simple actions, and propose
invite others to do something.

During the lectures will be distributed educational material.
Any references: Mariko Saito, Itaria de manabu nihongo. Language course
Japanese to Italian, Bulzoni Editore, 2003, 2 vols. + Cd + workbooks. (The workbooks of
vols. 1-2 are to be purchased at the copy shop, “The tying”, via Is Maglias n. 174 b,
Cagliari, tel 070-291827). Grammars Recommended: Yoko Kubota, Grammar
Modern Japanese. Venice, Cafoscarina, 1989. Mastrangelo M., Ozawa N., M. Saito,