Foreign Languages Centre, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
FL10300: Japanese stage 4 semester 2 (3 credits) |
 Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Certificate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Reassessment not allowed |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take FL10299 or equivalent. |
| Description:
| NB. Students wishing to take this unit should apply via the Foreign Languages Centre website from August onwards. Aims: The course aims to consolidate and extend language already acquired, for example in Stage 4 Semester 1, and to significantly improve students' vocabulary range, fluency and accuracy. It aims to increase their knowledge of the culture and geography of the country through appropriate reading and listening materials. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course the students will be able to: * Communicate confidently and with a degree of spontaneity on a range of situations; * Taking an active part in conversations sustaining their views; * Understand the gist and some detail of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics related to the culture and geography of the country and on current affairs when the delivery is relatively slow, clear and in standard dialect; * Access more demanding texts with the help of a dictionary; * Attempt simple discursive essays using a mixture of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. Skills: Speaking, reading, listening and writing in the target language - all assessed Interpersonal skills, communication, team skills - facilitated IT skills - facilitated Intercultural skills - facilitated and taught Autonomous learning - facilitated Research and organisational skills - facilitated Cognitive - taught. Content: The course consolidates previously acquired language structures and skills and further develops four core competences of listening, speaking, reading and writing by extending the students' active and passive vocabulary and cultural knowledge and understanding through the use of culturally relevant audio and topical audio and reading materials. The course develops students' accuracy through appropriate writing tasks. It develops fluency through appropriate classroom activities. |