Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)
Conducted entirely in Japanese, the unit offers an advanced level of spoken and written Japanese, designed to bring the student closer to semi-native competence, through studying Japanese popular cultural forms. Language activities include reading a variety of text genres, including academic texts, learning advanced modes of expression and kanji, writing summaries and essays in Japanese, translation, debates and discussions, and conversation with Japanese visitors. Students will develop IT and computer skills in a Japanese context, including wordprocessing, working with Japanese Internet sites, using on-line glossaries and making a powerpoint presentation in Japanese.
After successfully completing this unit, students will have further developed towards an advanced, semi-native level:
Final examination (2 hours): 40%
Regular class quizzes: 15%
Oral presentation: 10%
Written work: 20%
Test of oral skills (debate): 15%
4 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 3 hours tutorials/seminars) per week
Japanese 8 or equivalent