Japani Bhasha - Saral swaroop

By Prof. Vatsala Misra | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 310 | Exam registration: 3

ABOUT THE COURSE : The material is designed for people who have a reasonable knowledge of written and spoken Hindi, and who plan to develop a working knowledge of Japanese, which will help them interact better with the Japanese people. Also, people travelling to Japan for training, education, business, tourism, etc. will find the course useful.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : The material is designed for people who have a reasonable knowledge of written and spoken Hindi, and who plan to develop a working knowledge of Japanese, which will help them interact better with the Japanese people. Also, people travelling to Japan for training, education, business, tourism, etc. will find the course useful.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : All companies/industry that works with the Japanese industry and/or people, would find it useful for their employees.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	20 Jan 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	27 Jan 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	14 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	03 May 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

१.	जापानी लिपियाँ एवं स्वर ज्ञान	हिरागाना, काताकाना, चीनी लिपि -कांजि
२.	भाषा एवं व्याकरण	कारक, वाक्य-संरचना, संकेतवाचक शब्द, प्रश्नवाचक शब्द, गणक, संबंधबोधक शब्द , शब्द-सूची, संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, क्रिया एवं काल, क्रिया और प्रकार, विशेषण, क्रिया विशेषण, तुलनात्मक शब्दावली एवं वाक्यांश, निवेदन एवं आदेश, समुच्चयबोधक शब्द, भावाभिव्यक्ति, शब्दावली आदि ।
३.	दैनिक वार्तालाप	निजी परिचय, राष्ट्रीयता, अंक, समय, दुकान पर वार्तालाप, प्रश्नवाचक शब्दों से वार्तालाप, रास्ता पूछना, टेलीफोन पर वार्तालाप एवं जानकारी, जगह बताना, इच्छा करना, निवेदन एवं आदेश, पाना एवं देना, पसंद एवं प्राथमिकता, कार्य क्षमता, अनुमति मांगना, ओपचारिक जापानी आदि । कांजि लिखना एवं समझाना ।
४.	सामान्य जापानी संस्कृति	जापानी रहन सहन एवं संस्कृति से परिचय, पर्व एवं त्यौहार, रीति-रिवाज़ एवं मान्यतायें, मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ आदि ।
५	ऑडियो क्लिप्स	ऑडियो से समझना

Books and references

• Minna no Nihongo Textbook 1 & II (3 A Network)

• Japanese for Busy people. (Association for Japanese Language Teaching)

• Ume Japan Foundation – New Delhi

• Momo Japan Foundation – New Delhi

• Sakura Japan Foundation – New Delhi

• Nihongo Dekimasu (Japan Foundation)

• Shin Nihongo no Kiso (Association for Overseas Technical scholarship)

• First steps in Japanese (3 A Corporation)

• Kanji and Kana by Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn

• 250 Essential Kanji for everyday use Vol. I & 2 by Kanji Research group University of Tokyo

Instructor bio

Prof. Vatsala Misra

IIT Kanpur

Prof. Vatsala Misra has taught Japanese at the Foreign Language Programme of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for almost 30 years. Besides a 40-lecture course under the NPTEL scheme of the Government of India, she has created two courses (Basic and Advanced Basic levels) for Japanese learning under the MOOCS scheme and a similar course for basic Japanese language learning in Hindi under the Swayam Prabha scheme. She has also developed short tailor-made courses for working professionals and new entrants in a Japanese company.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: May 3, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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