units

ATS2144

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 26 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitJapanese Studies
OfferedClayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)TBA

Notes

Previously coded JPL2040

Synopsis

This is the second part of a sequence in intermediate 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 and ability to conduct independent research.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Understand simple dialogues and monologues on familiar topics with an expanding range of expressions, including expressions of politeness (keigo).
  2. Read and understand simply written texts in an expanding range of genres including polite letters, personal diaries and fictional narratives, with some assistance.
  3. Interact in common casual and formal contexts, using forms practiced in class including keigo; explain personal experiences using forms such as passive, causative, and conditional clauses.
  4. Write an essay using a range of Japanese sources and a wider range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and kanji with some guidance.
  5. Recognise and write approx. 90 new kanji (317 kanji in total by the end of this unit).
  6. Further demonstrate knowledge of a range of aspects related to Japanese society and culture.
  7. Demonstrate intercultural skills which include awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences and similarities through comparison and reflection on students' own cultures and societies
  8. Further develop independent research skills to find relevant information about an essay topic; organise, synthesise and analyse the information and communicate it in written and oral form.

Assessment

Within semester assignments and quizzes: 25%
Within semester tests: 35%
Exam period exam: 40%
(Hurdle requirement: a mark of 40% or above in the final exam is required in the exam in order to pass the unit)

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Workload requirements

On-campus: One 1-hour lecture per week, one 2-hour tutorial per week, one 2-hour seminar per week

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

Japanese studies

Prerequisites

ATS2143 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ATS1043