Unit name | Japanese for General Purposes Intermediate |
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Unit code | LANG31046 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Foster |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
Satisfactory completion of LANG21046 or if individual language level is deemed appropriate |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
A continuation of per intermediate Japanese. This course will include: grammar extension of more complex structures, further development of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, introduction to seminar and presentation skills, communicative skills, essay writing using HIRAGANA, KATAKANA and KANJI in DA, DEARU style, and translation skills, KEIGO, honorific language, (SONKEIGO, KENJOGO, TEINEIGO) and cultural and social aspects of the language.
By the end of the unit, successful students will be able to demonstrate:
1. an ability to communicate both orally and in writing with a reasonable degree of accuracy and fluency, as appropriate to level H.
2. an ability to work at an intermediate level with authentic material and retrieve necessary information.
3. knowledge and awareness of the general social and cultural background of the target language.
4. an ability to understand and interpret written texts at a level of sophistication appropriate to level H.
5. an ability to respond to written texts at a level of sophistication appropriate to level H.
Overall, students will attain a level comparable the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JPLT) Level N4 or the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 4.
3 hours of teaching per week covering all four topics of Reading writing speaking and listening. Classroom based learning is supplemented by online access to resources delivered via Blackboard. Regular formative homework is set.
The four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are assigned equal weighting for the purposes of assessment (25% each).
For reading and writing there is a formal examination in the summer examination period, which comprises 25% of the total mark. This assesses ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Listening is assessed by continuous assessment, consisting of listening assignments and class tests, which comprise 25% of the total mark. Both assess ILOs 1 and 2.
Speaking is tested by continuous assessment, consisting of marked coursework (oral presentation) and an oral test. Both assess ILOs 1, 2 and 3.
A course book clearly identified by the Director of Foreign Language Teaching as suitable for this level. Reading and reference material will be provided on Blackboard.