Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

This unit aims to consolidate and develop students' basic linguistic skills and socio-cultural knowledge in spoken and written Japanese at a pre-intermediate level. The focus is to develop students' interactive competence, including linguistic, socio-linguistic and socio-cultural knowledge. The unit also aims to develop students' intercultural skills.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should:

1. have gained and developed fundamental linguistic skills (e.g. basic grammar, vocabulary) at this level which are necessary for any further study of Japanese; 2. have gained basic social/cultural knowledge about Japan; 3. have developed listening and speaking skills for daily conversation (e.g. about leisure, travel, study) and exchanging information in Japanese within defined situations; 4. be able to obtain necessary information from a variety of written and spoken Japanese texts, genres and media including the internet, with some guidance;
1. be able to recognize and write the kanji introduced at previous levels and approximately 150 newly introduced characters;
2. be able to write about personal life (e.g. daily life, leisure, travel) using basic kanji;
3. have developed intercultural skills which include awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences (and similarities) through comparison and reflection on students' own cultures and societies; 8. have enhanced awareness of language as a system, through comparison of linguistic features of Japanese and English (or other languages); and 9. have developed skills that will enable them to continue their Japanese acquisition outside the classroom.

Assessment

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

Contact hours

One x 1 hour lecture/week

Three hours (tutorials/seminars)/week

Prerequisites

Japanese 2 or equivalent

Prohibitions

JPL1030, JLG4030, JLG5030