Japanese Advanced 1
Key Facts
Delivery Language: English
Duration: 40 Hours
Number of Credits: 20
Tutor: TBC
Learning Method: Online
Level: This module is at CQFW Level 4
Module Code: XL13420
Fee: £220.00 - Fee Waiver Scheme available
This course is available to book.
Entry Requirements
This course is for you if you have attended Japanese Higher Intermediate or similar or have a good command of Japanese and want to re-activate and build upon your comprehension and expression.
Overview
The module will equip students with a very basic knowledge of the countries where Japanese is spoken and encourage their curiosity about the language, the country, the people, their environment, society, traditions and culture. It will enable the student to reach a level of very basic competence in the four main areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
The student will acquire basic language skills, to enable students to:
- Discuss holidays and problems encountered
- Discuss property issues
- Discuss tourism and its implications
- Discuss about environmental issues
- Discuss transport issues
- Discuss the Japanese media and audience habits
- Discuss the Japanese national press
- Discuss health issues
Teaching and Learning
You will be working in groups or pairs with the emphasis of the course being on participation and practice. Our aim is to develop student skills using communicative language and you will be encouraged to actively participate in class through various friendly activities designed to stimulate communication.
We recommend that you spend time between the lessons, revising and practising what has been done in class.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate further that they can cope with a significant degree of clarity, precision and fluency, taking part in informal and formal exchanges, as in the work place or in social settings. Demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of the language to describe people, places and processes, express opinions and develop arguments using both basic structures and complex forms.
- Extract additional information from texts (i.e.: literaries, newspapers, advertisements), being able to understand reports and articles about contemporary issues.
- Expand their translation skills with significant degree of accuracy and in an appropriate style
- Strengthen the clarity, precision and fluency of their writing, using a wide range of vocabulary and with a significant level of linguistic accuracy.
Assessments
The assessment of this course is divided into four parts to assess each of the following skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. It is designed to enhance what you have learnt during the course.
Speaking: Recording of a short speaking exercise.
Listening: Answering questions in English on a short recording, lasting no more than five minutes.
Reading: Comprehension exercise based on text such as novels, newspapers, advertisements etc.
Writing: A written task
To award credits we need to have evidence of the knowledge and skills you have gained or improved. Some of this has to be in a form that can be shown to external examiners so that we can be absolutely sure that standards are met across all courses and subjects.
Reading Suggestions
A full reading list can be found via the following link:
Route Progression
Students who successfully complete the module should feel that they have a good introductory command of Japanese and should be able to proceed Japanese Advanced 2.
What Do I Need?
As this is an online scheduled session course, you would need the following:
- Internet access.
- Access to a laptop or computer with a web camera and microphone; the use of headphones might also benefit.
- Use of the Chrome web browser where possible.