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JAPN421 Japanese Language 5A

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites JAPN302 at HD level or P (or better) in both JAPN311 and JAPN312
Co-requisites None
Restrictions JAPN350 or JAPN450
Notes

Native speakers of Japanese pursuing postgraduate study, who wish to learn to express their understanding of their own culture and improve their academic writing skills in English will find this unit helpful.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Kiyomi Yamada (kyamada2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is an advanced unit and caters primarily to those students who commenced their Japanese language studies at UNE at higher than beginners' level (ie second year or higher) or to native speakers of Japanese. The major aim of the unit is to enhance students' overall communicative competence in Japanese by improving their ability to self-monitor, self-correct and manage conversations, for example. Students undertake such study activities as reading articles/papers on Japanese sociolinguistics (in English and Japanese) and analysing and reporting on recorded conversations in Japanese. There is no exam for this unit, which can be taken within a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate awards.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% Off Campus
Assessment Notes
Reading comprehension tasks, data collection and 1500 word report on analysed data.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 2 50% Off Campus
Assessment Notes
Reading comprehension tasks, data collection and 1500 word report on analysed data.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. recognise the need for sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence in Japanese, as well as grammatical competence;
  2. better recognise their errors and improve accuracy by developing the ability to monitor and self-correct; and
  3. improve their communicative competence in Japanese and independent learning skills.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students' overall communicative competence in Japanese will be enhanced through theory and practice. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students' communication skills will be enhanced by learning how to communicate appropriately at an advanced level in Japanese. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The unit focuses on current affairs and socio-cultural aspects of Japanese society. In addition, since learning Japanese language offers students a further opportunity to learn about Japanese culture and society, taking this unit will enhance their sense of global perspective. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
The online component of this unit will give students the chance to practise and improve their information technology skills. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
The Japanese language units at UNE are presented in a way that aims to develop students' confidence and skills as a language learner. This unit aims to teach students advanced skills and strategies which can be used in continuing independent study of Japanese language and culture. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Learning how to use a foreign language involves problem solving as well as logical thinking and creative thinking. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
By developing students' intercultural awareness this unit will also develop their sense of social responsibility. 		True True True
   

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