ATS1141 - Japanese introductory 1 - 2019

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Japanese Studies

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Robyn Spence-Brown

Coordinator(s)

Dr Robyn Spence-Brown (Clayton)
Dr Iori Hamada (Caulfield)

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2019 (On-campus)

Clayton

  • First semester 2019 (On-campus)

Prohibitions

ATS2141. Students are not permitted to take classes that are below their language proficiency level.

Synopsis

This unit aims to develop knowledge, strategies and skills to interact in Japanese, in situations likely to be encountered in Australia and Japan and to establish a firm foundation of linguistic, sociolinguistic and sociocultural knowledge which can be creatively applied in a variety of situations.

Outcomes

Upon completing Japanese Introductory 1, students will be able to:

  1. Understand simple greetings, self-introductions, and simple dialogues, based on routines practiced in class.
  2. Read simple and familiar texts written in hiragana, katakana and basic kanji.
  3. Participate in interactions, using basic vocabulary and grammar practiced in class.
  4. Write/type simple sentences using hiragana, katakana and approximately 60 kanji,.
  5. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of some aspects of Japanese society and culture.
  6. Apply basic research skills to find relevant information about given topics, organise, synthesise it and communicate it.

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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