Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

This is the second part of a sequence progressing from the beginner to the intermediate levels of Japanese. This unit aims to enhance students' knowledge about Japan and consolidate and further develop their interactive skills in spoken and written Japanese. The unit also aims to enhance students' intercultural awareness through learning Japanese.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should:

1. have gained good fundamental linguistic knowledge of Japanese (e.g. basic grammar, vocabulary, kanji) and developed skills to use them at pre-intermediate level;
2. have gained social/cultural knowledge of Japan which are necessary to interact with Japanese people effectively in daily contexts;
3. have developed listening and speaking skills for basic communication purposes;
4. have developed strategies to obtain necessary information from a variety of written and spoken Japanese texts, genres and media including the internet, with some guidance;
5. be able to recognize and use the kanji introduced at previous levels and approximately 150 newly introduced characters (450 in total);
6. be able to write a simple essay about a social issue (e.g. ageing society, environment, education) using a wider range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and kanji;
7. have developed intercultural awareness through learning Japanese;
8. have developed skills and strategies that will enable them to continue their Japanese acquisition outside the classroom.

Assessment

Tests and Examination: 65%
On-going assessment: 35%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kuniko Yoshimitsu

Contact hours

One x 1 hour lecture/week

Three hours (tutorials/seminars)/week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Japanese

Prerequisites

Japanese 3 or equivalent

Prohibitions

JPL1040, JLG4040, JLG5040