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This course builds upon JAPA 215. Teaching will focus on the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the end of the course students will have acquired a knowledge of upper intermediate / advanced level Japanese and be familiar with complex socio-cultural issues in modern Japan. As well as text-based learning, there will be a focus on task and project-based learning, which will equip students better to apply their language abilities in the workforce or in postgraduate-level learning.
This course builds upon JAPA 215. Teaching will focus on the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. By the end of the course, students will have acquired a knowledge of upper intermediate/advanced level Japanese and be familiar with complex socio-cultural issues in modern Japan. As well as text-based learning, there will be a focus on the task and project-based learning, which will equip students better to apply their language abilities in the workforce or in postgraduate-level learning.
As a student in this course you will acquire advanced skills in all four areas of the language (reading, writing, speaking and listening).By the end of the course students should:have mastered an additional 300 kanji;have mastered a range of speech levels and written styles;have mastered approximately 500 new words and expressions;be able to converse on many different topics in Japanese at a level more advanced than everyday conversation;have acquired considerable learner autonomy and reflective skills;have acquired advanced skills and competencies readily transferrable to a variety of disciplines;have advanced intercultural awareness and sensitivity.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
JAPA215 or JAPA216, orplacement test.
JAPA205, JAPA305, JAPA315, JAPA319
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Masayoshi Ogino
Alistair Swale and Susan Bouterey
T. Sakamoto et al; QUARTET: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills ; The Japan Times, 2019.
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Domestic fee $1,788.00
International fee $8,200.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .