Atrakcyjnie przygotowany podręcznik dla studentów japonisty-ki/sinologii, włączający do nauki języka angielskiego elementy współczesnej kultury japońskiej/chińskiej. Zalety tego oryginalnego podręcznika to wzorowa kompozycja czytanek, ćwiczeń (w tym ćwiczeń typu cloze test) oraz interesujaca tematyka tekstów. Każdy z rozdziałów zawiera tekst dotyczący jakiegoś aspektu kultury japońskiej/chińskiej, a następnie ćwiczenia związane z rozumieniem tekstu oraz poszerzające słownictwo. Ćwiczenia nawiązujące do tekstu dobrane są tak, by poprzez aktywną pracę z nowymi słówkami umożliwić studentowi samodzielne odgadnięcie znaczenia nowego wyrazu, a także ułatwić jego utrwalenie. Każdą jednostkę kończy dowcip, maksyma lub ciekawostka dotycząca kultury japońskiej/chińskiej. Podręcznik może być wykorzystywany - w całości lub we fragmentach - na lektoratach języka angielskiego dla studentów orientalistyki, ale dzięki kluczowi do ćwiczeń student może też pracować z książką samodzielnie.
TO THE STUDENT
The words "Read all about it!" are intended to encourage people to buy a newspaper with some sensational news. Obviously you are not going to read all about Japan in this reader (and, alas!, you will not be reading the latest gossip...). Instead I promise a kaleidoscope of interesting texts about various aspects of life in modern Japan, and at the same time a chance to improve your English skills - almost painlessly.
If you are a student of Japanese culture (or other Oriental Studies, especially where a course of Japanese constitutes part of the curriculum) and you'd like to learn more English, this book is for you! You can use it not only in the classroom but also if you want to work on your own. Your level should ideally be advanced or at least upper-intermediate. A few texts might be quite difficult, proficiency-level - these have been asterisked. With a few exceptions, the texts are graded from easiest to most difficult.
Please remember that the exercises included in this book are not meant to test your knowledge of English but rather to help you learn new words by making you
- constantly refer to the original text,
- recycle the new words and grammatical structures,
- recognise the freshly learnt structures in new contexts.
Therefore some of the matching exercises in the COMPREHENSION section might seem quite easy. Others, however, might require explaining a new word by another one that you do not know either; do not feel intimidated by this! It is usually possible to guess the meaning of a word by a process of elimination, especially when you have the context to help you. For that very reason:
Contents:
To the Student
To the Teacher
Acknowledgements
Origami
Himono
Furoya
Agedashi-dofu
Ben to
Ema
"-San"
Furoshiki
Language Differences
The Japanese and Decision-Making
The Ephemeral Mode of Communication
Pickles, Past and Present
Get a Job!
Sumo
Japanese Gardens
Hints for Visitors
How to be a Good Host
Glued to the Tube
Joining the Flock
Very Early Learning
All in the Family
Intermediated Communication
Politics and the Japanese Language
Nihongo a-go-go
Pachinko Fever
Japanese Organization and Management
Everyday Concerns
Japanese Culture as a "Wrapping Culture"
Manga
Vegetables in the Japanese Diet
Making the Grade: Japanese Universities Aim to "Outshine the Competition"
The Elixir of Japan
Daydreams of Flight
A Japanese Wedding
The Long-standing Mystery of Japan's Imperturbable Pagodas
An Introduction to Zen I
An Introduction to Zen II
Key to Exercises
