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JPN 213: Intermediate Spoken Japanese

About this Unit

This unit will focus on enhancing students' skills in aural comprehension, oral expression and intercultural competence by developing students' skills for using Japanese effectively in everyday situations to discuss common topics of conversation and for negotiating commonly encountered situations. In addition to the language focus, this unit will also develop students' intercultural competence by examining the ways in which culture and language are connected, and the ways in which values are transmitted through language.

Teaching Staff

Convenor:
Name : Dr Mio Bryce
Email : Mio.Bryce@humn.mq.edu.au
Phone : 02-9850 7064
Office : W6A 229

Tutor:
Name : Katherine Brownlee
Email : Katherine.Brownlee@humn.mq.edu.au
Phone : 02-9850 6890
Office : W6A 301

Contact Hours

Friday 11-1 in W6B 225

Pre/Co-Requisites

Prerequisites : JPN 221
Corequisites : JPN 222

Credit Points

4 credit points

Content Overview

Week	Date	Theme	Assessment
1	Week beginning 4th August	Self-introduction; Language & Culture	none
2	11th August	Culture, Leisure & Entertainment (1)	Voice Board task 1
3	18th August	Culture, Leisure & Entertainment (2)	Dialogue 1: Culture, Leisure & Entertainment
4	25th August	Health, Lifestyle & Human relations (1)	Dialogue 2: Free choice
5	1st September	Health, Lifestyle & Human relations (2)	Listening test 1 (in-class) Dialogue 3: Health, Lifestyle & Human relations
6	8th September	Technology & Environmental Issues (1)	Quiz 1 Dialogue 4: Free choice
7	15th September	Technology & Environmental Issues (2)	Dialogue 5: Technology and Environmental issues
Semester Break
8	6th October	Growing up	Dialogue 6: Free choice
9	13th October	Future plans	Dialogue 7: Growing up
10	20th October	Unfortunate events	Listening test 2 (in-class) Dialogue 8: Future plans
11	27th October	Social issues (1)	Quiz 2 Dialogue 9: Unfortunate events
12	3rd November	Social issues (2) & Unit Review	Voice Board task 2
13	10th November	In-class exam

Course Materials

There is no textbook for this unit, handouts will be distributed in class and via Blackboard.

However, students will need to purchase a headset (with microphone) for use with the Wimba voice boards in order to complete assessment tasks.

Assessment

Participation 20%
Voice Board recordings 25%
Listening tests 15%
Online quizzes 10%
In-class Exam 30%

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious breach of the University's rules and carries significant penalties. You must read the University's practices and procedures on plagiarism. These can be found in the Handbook of Undergraduate Studies or on the web at: http://www.student.mq.edu.au/plagiarism/

Grading Policy

Academic Senate has a set of guidelines on the distribution of grades across the range from fail to high distinction. Your final result will include one of these grades plus a standardised numerical grade (SNG).

Your raw mark for a unit (i.e., the total of your marks for each assessment item) may not be the same as the SNG which you receive. Under the Senate guidelines, results may be scaled to ensure that there is a degree of comparability across the university

 

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