Course
code: 3073 + Course fees: Local students -- HECS; international students:
$A13,500 + On-campus -- Clayton + Coordinator: Helen Marriott
The course seeks to further students' understanding of second and foreign
language acquisition, language teaching, language contact and intercultural
communication with particular reference to Japanese. It also aims to develop
students' skills in critical reading and ability to design a research
project.
The duration of the course is normally three semesters full-time or six
semesters part-time, and students can enter the program in semester one or two.
Students can exit the course after one semester (or part-time equivalent) with
a Graduate Certificate of Arts or, after one-year (or part-time equivalent),
with a Graduate Diploma of Japanese Applied Linguistics. Students require
credit results in the core units and an overall credit average to graduate from
the Masters in Applied Japanese Linguistics.
Students undertake units to the value of 24 points at level four, another 24
points at level four or five, and 24 points at level five. Two core units to
the value of 12 points each must be included.
A bachelors degree with a credit average in the final year, and including a minimum of high intermediate (Level C at Monash) in Japanese.
As
for English proficiency requirements for the Faculty of Arts:
(a) IELTS -- an overall band score of not less than 6.5 on the IELTS. In
addition, a score of at least 6.0 is required in each module and applicants
must undertake the appropriate module (A,B or C) in regard to reading and
writing; or
(b) TOEFL -- an overall score of 580, with a 5 in the TWE test. Scores must
be available for both the TOEFL and TWE. A minimum score of at least 237 is
needed on the computerized TOEFL testing, plus a core of 5 or more for the TWE;
or
(c) Successful completion of a course of tertiary studies of at least two
years duration requiring formal assessment of written work in an
English-speaking country.
Note that students from countries assessed by the government as categories 3
and 4 must take the IELTS test and not the TOEFL. Japanese students may sit for
either test.
All
students complete the two core units, usually in their first year, made up of
JAL4610/JAL5610 (Research methodology in applied linguistics) and JAL4530/JAL5530
(Teaching Asian languages). In addition, students complete four electives, to
the value of 48 points. At least one core and one elective or two elective
units will be available each semester. The electives will usually be offered on
a rotating basis. Students who obtained a distinction average in the units
already completed and who have also undertaken JAL4610/JAL5610 (Research
methodology in applied linguistics) may seek approval from the course
coordinator to undertake a research project for 12 points (usually AST4680/AST5680
Research project A) as one of the electives.
The following electives will usually be available over a two-year period:
Prior learning may be recognised by giving advanced standing in the following ways:
advanced standing to a maximum of 36 points at level four.
All decisions on the extent of advanced standing will be at the discretion of the school's postgraduate coordinator.
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