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ATS3649

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 27 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Japanese Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

Building on previously acquired knowledge of Japanese culture, this unit introduces students to the socio-linguistic study of the Japanese language and system of communication, as well as intercultural communication. Topics include communication problems, speech acts, politeness, discourse structure. Basic knowledge of Japanese equivalent to a first year sequence in the language is expected, although previous formal language study is not essential.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

  1. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of sociolinguistics and to be able to employ some of the terminology used within the discipline.
  2. Be able to explain the processes of communication found in native Japanese communication situations as well as in intercultural contact situations.
  3. Be able to display a critical understanding of some issues related to communicating in Japanese or English with native speakers of Japanese.
  4. Be able to relate these processes and issues to their own experiences and observations of Japanese use.
  5. Be able to employ advanced research skills (research questions, methodologies, data management and analysis)
  6. Be able to employ a range of enquiry techniques.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou

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

Japanese studies

Prerequisites

One of
ATS2653 Studies in Japanese interaction and language use,
ATS2648 Contemporary Japan,
ATS2382 War and memory in the Asia Pacific: Legacies of World War II,
ATS3652 Japan as empire: From Meiji to 1945,
ATS3089 Social institutions and power in East Asia

Prohibitions

ATS2649