Course code: 3073 + On-campus (Clayton) + Mid-year entry
available + 18 months full-time, 3 years part-time
Course 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.
A bachelors degree with a credit average in the final year, and including a minimum of high intermediate (level 6 at Monash) in Japanese.
Students complete 72 points including two core units and four electives, chosen from the list below. Students who obtain a distinction average and who have 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.
With the approval of the course coordinator, students may undertake an elective for 12 points offered elsewhere within the Faculty of Arts or from the Faculty of Education. Students may take up to 24 points of language units within the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics with the approval of the course coordinator.
To graduate with the Master of Applied Japanese Linguistics, students must gain a credit (60 C or above) in core units and a minimum credit average overall.
After successful completion of 24 points, students may apply to exit the program with a Graduate Certificate of Arts, or after successful completion of 48 points with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Japanese Linguistics.
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