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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EAST3071: ADVANCED JAPANESE

Department: East Asian Studies

EAST3071: ADVANCED JAPANESE

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Tied	3	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Tied To

T210: Japanese Studies
T211: Modern Japanese Studies
T2L2: Japanese with Politics (see Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 for details)
T2Q1: Japanese with Linguistics (see Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 for details)
T2R3: Japanese with Italian (see Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 for details)
T2RC: Japanese with French (see Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 for details)
T2RF: Japanese with German
T2RK: Japanese with Spanish
T2T4: Japanese with a Second East Asian Language
T2T9: (programme not found)
T2V1: Japanese with History
T2V5: Japanese with Philosophy (see Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 for details)
TN22: Japanese and Management Studies

Pre-requisites

Spoken Competence in Japanese (EAST2111) AND Written Competence in Japanese (EAST2101) (or comparable language ability).

Corequisites

None.

Excluded Combinations

Any previous Japanese modules.

Aims

This module emphasises oral and written Japanese at the highest level.
It is designed to complement text reading options taken in the final year of the degree programme.
The spoken component is emphasised through various types of presentations and activities which are assessed.

Content

The most advanced module in Japanese.
All aspects of the modern language will be studied, although the module content will be determined to a large extent by the interests of the students.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

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

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Language classes	88	4 per week	One hour	88
Preparation and Reading				112
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written examination	70%	three-hour written examination in May/June		100%
Oral/aural examination	30%	thirty-minute oral/aural examination in May/June		100%

Formative Assessment

Continuous assessment (speech and project essay).

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.