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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Japanese
158-334/434 Japan Today by Satellite Television |
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Credit Points: | 16.7 3rd and 4th year | |
Coordinator: | Professor W H Coaldrake | |
Prerequisite/s: | Japanese 3B. | |
Timetable: | Semester 2 | |
Contact: | One 2-hour seminar per week | |
Content: | An advanced subject on contemporary Japan using the daily satellite television programs from Tokyo. Emphasis is on understanding and interpreting topics in news and current affairs programs including politics and international relations, economics and trade, commercials and advertising, technology, art, architecture, urban planning, and popular culture. Students will gain a high level of understanding of the Japanese language as it is used in the real-life context of current television programming. They will have greatly enhanced their fluency in Japanese and their awareness of current idiomatic expressions in a variety of fields. The subject will also include the study of background readings in both English and Japanese. | |
Assessment: | Written assignments totalling not more than 5000 words at third year; not more than 6000 words at fourth year. Students will be required to monitor prescribed satellite television programs. Attendance and participation in seminars is essential. | |
Prescribed Texts: | Japanese newspapers, (Asahi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun). NKHK television programs (News and documentaries). | |
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