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Politeness in Interaction with (the) Japanese - JAPN3702
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: JAPN3401 or JAPN4001; Excluded: JAPN2600, JAPN2701, JAPN3205
 
 
Excluded: JAPN2600, JAPN2701, JAPN3205, JAPN3401, JAPN3703
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Focuses on improving performance in politeness in interaction with Japanese. Deals with the range of theoretical approaches to politeness. Explores the ways in which participants in Contact Situations negotiate and manage the levels and expressions of politeness as scenes develop in the situation.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students should have:
  • Become aware of the importance of developing the three types of competence for contact situations with the Japanese: a) Socio-cultural competence, b) Sociolinguistic competence, c) (Pure) linguistic competence
  • Become aware of an available paradigm (a total body of knowledge) of expressions of politeness in English and Japanese
  • Become well-acquainted with one model of Japanese politeness (Kindaichi Model) with empirical examples
  • Become aware of the contemporary issues related to taiguu hyoogen and taiguu koodoo in Japanese
  • Be able to use basic sets of informal and formal linguistic expressions of politeness (keigo) for appropriate situations, and become able to use basic sets of management expressions to manage (correct) situations when and if they fear the situation may not be progressing smoothly
  • Become aware of the existence of "contact politeness" in Australian-Japanese contact situations and start discovering more of this politeness through participation, self- monitoring, project work, video-watching, peer-learning, observation and interviewing NSJs and veteran NNSJ participants of Contact Situations.

Assessment

  • Journal 1 (x6) - 30%
  • Reading material - 20%
  • Project plan - 5%
  • Presentation - 5%
  • Final report - 20%
  • Journal 2 (x2) - 10%
  • Participation - 10%

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