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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
JPNS3005–3008 have been consolidated into JPNS3005 as a topic-based course. Please see below or contact cap.student@anu.edu.au for details. This advanced Japanese course develops high-level language competence through engagement with authentic materials drawn from diverse sources including media, literature, academic texts, and real-world content spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. Students develop and demonstrate advanced proficiency by working with genuine Japanese materials that address contemporary societal issues, cultural themes, and literary works from multiple disciplinary perspectives including linguistic, anthropological, sociological, and psychological viewpoints. The course emphasises developing advanced literacy skills, critical reading abilities, listening comprehension, and presentation skills while students learn to navigate complex texts independently. Through careful reading, discussion, and analysis of these authentic materials, students gain deeper insights into modern Japanese society, culture, and literature while mastering the language skills necessary to engage with sophisticated, real-world Japanese content across various genres and formats. Students can take this course up to four times, where the class topic is different. Individual class topics will focus on the following broad themes as decided by the relevant staff in the Japanese language program. These include - Issues in contemporary Japan - Japanese language in context - Readings in society and culture - Readings in literature Each class topic will have different delivery formats and assessment selected to best suit the content and support and assess your learning. The indicative assessment given elsewhere on this page should be understood as indicative only, and represents the commonalities between the different topics. Please consult the relevant class summary for specific information or contact the relevant staff member.
In class activities - activities vary according to topic
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Preparatory written work - character (word count) varies according to topic
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Project Development - character (word count) varies according to topic
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Presentations
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Summative written work - character (word count) varies according to topic
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This course requires a total of 130 hours of work on the following activities: three hours per week in class-activities, online activities 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 Advanced 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.
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