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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EAST2111: SPOKEN COMPETENCE IN JAPANESE

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST2111: SPOKEN COMPETENCE IN JAPANESE

Type Tied Level 2 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham
Tied to T210
Tied to T211
Tied to T2L2
Tied to T2Q1
Tied to T2R3
Tied to T2RC
Tied to T2RF
Tied to T2RK
Tied to T2T4
Tied to T2T9
Tied to T2V1
Tied to T2V5
Tied to TN22

Prerequisites

  • Study abroad or equivalent language ability.

Corequisites

  • Written Competence in Japanese (EAST2101).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • (i) To increase students' ability in using the language orally/aurally.
  • (ii) To reinforce grammar.
  • (iii) To make students aware of Japanese in particular social situations.

Content

  • An advanced module in modern spoken Japanese emphasizing the language as it is spoken by adults in a variety of social situations.
  • 3 hours per week on different skills: conversation, idiomatic and honorific speech, grammar reinforced with CALL.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 66 3 Per Week 1 Hour 66
      Preparation and Reading 134 134
      Total 200 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Oral/aural examination Component Weighting: 70%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      thirty-minute oral/aural examination in May/June 100%
      Component: Continuous assessment Component Weighting: 30%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      speech 100%

      Formative Assessment:

      Continuous assessment (course work)

      ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University