110-455 Japanese 4B: Language and Culture

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110-455 Japanese 4B: Language and Culture
Note	Formerly available as 110-136. Students who have completed 110-136 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This subject is optional for Japanese 4B students. However, it is strongly recommended for those who intend to take Japanese 5A/5B in the following year.
Availability	1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr J Ohashi
Prerequisites	110-107 Japanese 4A and admission to fourth year honours or the postgraduate diploma in Japanese for fourth year students.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Three hours of language classes and a 1-hour computer laboratory class per week
Subject Description	This subject is aimed at the understanding of culture-specific expressions and phenomena that require factual/historical background knowledge. Topics have been selected carefully to provide students with an adequate frame of reference in order to discuss current issues in Japan via cross-cultural analysis.
Assessment	Assignments and quizzes totalling 2000 words, a 1-hour examination, and a 20-minute oral project work presentation. An additional translation exercise totalling 1000 words for fourth year. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to take examinations.
Prescribed Texts	Nippon Steel Human Resources Development Co Ltd and Japan College of Foreign Languages, Aspects of Japanese Society. The Japan Times, 1994.

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