School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Japanese Study Abroad
  • Unit Code

    JLS2375
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Junko IWASAKI

Description

Communicative language study of Japanese in a country where that language is spoken as a first, national or official language. The unit includes development of spoken and written skills through the study of aspects of Japanese language and culture at an approved institution of Higher Education. This unit is for students who have successfully completed their first year Japanese language studies at Edith Cowan University.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from JLS1275, JLS2202

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate and describe from first hand aspects of the culture and society of a country where Japanese is spoken as a first/national/official language.
  2. Be able to hold an informed conversation on different aspects of Japanese culture.
  3. Be aware of various registers/levels of oral and written usage in Japanese.
  4. Identify and use vocabulary and grammatical structures relevant to the study of Japanese culture and society.
  5. Listen to and comprehend Japanese language spoken discourse related to culture and society (news events on television, cinema, art, history, education, political organization and social customs).
  6. Read and comprehend intermediate level written texts in the language related to Japanese language culture and society, with particular focus on the general areas outlined in point 1.

Unit Content

  1. An appropriate overseas language study programme conducted by an institution of Higher Education will be approved in advance by the Department of Language Studies as suitable for helping students to meet the objectives set out above.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Teaching and learning processes will be determined in the context of the specific course approved but would normally be expected to include some or all of the following: Situational oral exercises, simulations, discussion groups, workshops, role-play, use of audio-visual resources, written grammatical and syntactic exercises, oral and written comprehension exercises in creative writing, guided visits to venues of social and cultural interest, such as the theatre, cinema, museums, restaurants and places of historical interest.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Japanese Study Abroad
  • Unit Code

    JLS2375
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Junko IWASAKI

Description

Communicative language study of Japanese in a country where that language is spoken as a first, national or official language. The unit includes development of spoken and written skills through the study of aspects of Japanese language and culture at an approved institution of Higher Education. This unit is for students who have successfully completed their first year Japanese language studies at Edith Cowan University.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from JLS1275, JLS2202

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate and describe from first hand aspects of the culture and society of a country where Japanese is spoken as a first/national/official language.
  2. Be able to hold an informed conversation on different aspects of Japanese culture.
  3. Be aware of various registers/levels of oral and written usage in Japanese.
  4. Identify and use vocabulary and grammatical structures relevant to the study of Japanese culture and society.
  5. Listen to and comprehend Japanese language spoken discourse related to culture and society (news events on television, cinema, art, history, education, political organization and social customs).
  6. Read and comprehend intermediate level written texts in the language related to Japanese language culture and society, with particular focus on the general areas outlined in point 1.

Unit Content

  1. An appropriate overseas language study programme conducted by an institution of Higher Education will be approved in advance by the Department of Language Studies as suitable for helping students to meet the objectives set out above.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Teaching and learning processes will be determined in the context of the specific course approved but would normally be expected to include some or all of the following: Situational oral exercises, simulations, discussion groups, workshops, role-play, use of audio-visual resources, written grammatical and syntactic exercises, oral and written comprehension exercises in creative writing, guided visits to venues of social and cultural interest, such as the theatre, cinema, museums, restaurants and places of historical interest.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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