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JAL4710/5710

Japanese discourse acquisition

Not offered in 1997

8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students should become familiar with approaches to the analysis of Japanese discourse and with issues in language acquisition.

Synopsis This subject deals with the acquisition of appropriate rules for Japanese discourse and the methodology of discourse acquisition studies. The topics discussed will be the structure of Japanese discourse, problem analysis, acquisition of grammatical, conversational and corrective competence.

Assessment (8 points) Research project (4000 words): 50%
* Assignments (2000 words): 20%
* Test (2 hours): 30%

Assessment (12 points) Research project (4000 words): 40%
* Class reports (2000 words): 20%
* Assignments (2000 words): 10%
* Test (2 hours): 20%


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