110-216 Advanced Japanese A

Formerly available as 110-107. Students who have completed 110-107 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Formerly available as 158-128/228/328/421. Students who have completed 158-128/228/328/421 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

110-242 Japanese 2B or equivalent. New students who have had some prior experience with the language may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester.

In this subject, topics and news that are significant in Japanese society will be introduced through authentic texts (uncontrolled language materials). The subject focuses on current trends and issues in Japanese society from cross-cultural perspectives. The subject asks students to decode authentic Japanese texts, such as articles from Japanese newspapers, magazines and internet, and also to comprehend extracts of semi-naturally occurring conversations between Japanese native speakers in order to understand what is happening in Japan on certain topics. Students are encouraged to use web-based learning tools such as on-line dictionary and machine translation in this process. Students will engage in activities such as discussion, essay writing on particular topics in class, and develop their linguistic skills and an understanding of Japanese society. On completion of the subject, students should have skills on what and how to use learning tools effectively to help them further develop their Japanese competency as independent learners; tolerance to deal with authentic texts; sociocultural understanding on Japan.

Assignments totalling 2000 words, and examinations totalling 2000 words. Students are required to attend a minimum of 70% of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examinations.

Materials will be available from the Institute.