Professional Japanese A - ARTS3632
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ARTS3631 or language placement approval
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: Japanese Studies
This course emphasises three major themes. First, the course leads you to examine and discuss readings and visual materials that present various aspects of Japanese communication including communication strategies and styles (e.g. formality, gender, spoken and written). Examination and discussion of the materials are conducted in both lectures and tutorials. For practical exercises Japanese communication strategies are also explored and learned including different speech styles (e.g. formality, gender, spoken and written) as well as functional expressions. Secondly, the course introduces to you to Drama Project in which you create your original play based on the notion of “Colloquial Contemporary Theatre”, which requires you to understand and apply the concept of taiwa (dialogue) and kaiwa (conversation). The Production Report assignment encourages you to observe your communication skills employed in the process of working with classmates for the project. Thirdly, the course involves you in a number of activities where you express your own views and thoughts on various social issues. You are encouraged to use your own communication strategies, and develop critical thinking in Japanese for class and group discussion.This course is taught in Japanese and with readings in Japanese.