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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This course has an enrolment maximum. Places are issued on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email cap.student@anu.edu.au for a permission code. The course focuses on practical approaches to teaching Japanese as a foreign language, on how to select and present the linguistic and socio-cultural subject matter of Japanese language courses. Topics discussed will include approaches to language teaching, course and task design, materials review, and approaches to applied linguistics research; the course will also include a teaching practice component during the mid-semester break (4 days). This course aims to develop an advanced competence in Japanese language, which is equivalent to JPNS3005, JPNS3006, JPNS3007, and JPNS3008.
Essay on 'My Teaching Philosophy' (5000-ji in Japanese for non-native speakers of Japanese and 2500 words in English for native speakers of Japanese)
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Teaching demonstrations (10% x 2)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 5
Teaching Practice
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
In class time of four hours per week (for 6 weeks) and teaching practice (12 hours). The total workload is 130 hours including in class time and independent study. Other Information Proficiency level Students who successfully complete this course will typically achieve a level of proficiency roughly equivalent to JLPT N2 to N3, depending on their performance and degree of engagement. -- On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Independent level of Japanese. Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level. Relevant past experience includes: - Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.) - Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend - Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken - The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself) Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the Academic Integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course. Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
e-Brick: "Teaching Japanese: Method" (available on Wattle) Preliminary Reading - Derewianka, B. and Jones, P. (2016). Teaching Language in Context. Second Edition. Oxford University Press - Imai, S. (2019). Ichiban Yasashii Nihongo Kyouiku Nyuumon (‘The Easiest Introduction to Japanese Language Teaching’) . Asuku Shuppan. - Kadota, O. et al (1996). Nihongo Kyoujuhoo (Japanese teaching methodology). Bonjinsha. - Lee, D-Y, M. Yoshikawa & S. Yoshida (1996). ‘Curriculum development for introductory course in spoken Japanese’. Sekai no Nihongo (Journal of the Language Institute of the Japan Foundation) 4: 189-203. - Lee, D. and Ogi, N. (2014). 'Development of Japanese elementary curriculum that emphasises spoken-ness', The 18th of Biennial Conference of the JSAA , (ed.) Lee, D., Japanese Studies Association of Australia, Canberra, pp. 1-10. - Lee, D. (2004). ‘Japanese education in the Australian context’. In Robert Cribb (ed.) Asia Examined: Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA. Online journal: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ASAA/conference/proceedings/asaa-2004-proceedings.html - Oxford, R. L. (1990). Language learning strategies. Heinle & Heinle Publishers. - Richards, J. C. and Rodgers, T. S. (2014). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press. - Saville-Troike, M. (2012). Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press. - Wenden, A. and J. Rubin (1987). Learning strategies in Language learning. Prentice Hall International.