JAPA325-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Advancing Japanese A

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

This course builds upon JAPA 215. Teaching will focus on the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the end of the course students will have acquired a knowledge of upper intermediate / advanced level Japanese and be familiar with complex socio-cultural issues in modern Japan. As well as text-based learning, there will be a focus on task and project-based learning, which will equip students better to apply their language abilities in the workforce or in postgraduate-level learning.

This course builds upon JAPA 215. Teaching will focus on the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the end of the course, students will have acquired a knowledge of upper intermediate/advanced level Japanese and be familiar with complex socio-cultural issues in modern Japan. As well as text-based learning, there will be a focus on the task and project-based learning, which will equip students better to apply their language abilities in the workforce or in postgraduate-level learning.

Learning Outcomes

  • As a student in this course you will acquire advanced skills in all four areas of the language (reading, writing, speaking and listening).

    By the end of the course students should:

  • have mastered an additional 300 kanji;
  • have mastered a range of speech levels and written styles;
  • have mastered approximately 500 new words and expressions;
  • be able to converse on many different topics in Japanese at a level more advanced than everyday conversation;
  • have acquired considerable learner autonomy and reflective skills;
  • have acquired advanced skills and competencies readily transferrable to a variety of disciplines;
  • have advanced intercultural awareness and sensitivity.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

JAPA215 or JAPA216, or
placement test.

Restrictions

JAPA205, JAPA305, JAPA315, JAPA319

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 16:00 A5 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 19 May
27 May - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 443
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 F1 Lectorial (21/2, 6/3, 20/3, 1/5-29/5)
Jack Erskine 111 (28/2, 13/3, 27/3-24/4)
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Beatrice Tinsley 112
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture E
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 101
19 Feb - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00 Beatrice Tinsley 111
25 Mar - 31 Mar
Test B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 19:00 - 20:30 Rehua 003 Music
27 May - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Masayoshi Ogino

Lecturers

Alistair Swale and Susan Bouterey

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignments 20% (5 x 4% each)
Kanji & Vocabulary quizzes 12% Kanji and Vocabulary Quizzes (3 x 2% each); Education Perfect tasks (5 x1% each), Senpai Session (1%)
Monday activities 23% Speaking tests (7% & 8%) , Short listening quizzes (3x1%), FB Tasks (3x1%; 1x2%)
Term 1 test 20%
Term 2 test 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

T. Sakamoto et al; QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills ; The Japan Times, 2019.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All JAPA325 Occurrences

  • JAPA325-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024