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Advanced Japanese 3 (120EC)

Vak
2024-2025

Admission requirements

Students admitted to MA Asian Studies 120 ec, Japanese Studies. Successful completion of Advanced integrated Japanese 1&2, year1/sem1&2/block3.

Description

In this relatively short course, students will focus on further developing their analytical and language skills to be able to read and discuss Japan’s contemporary issues. They will also learn to analyze and reflect upon such issues from the crosscultural and global viewpoints as multilingual/cultural persons. They will engage in academic issues in the filed of Japanese Studies. Language activities are organized in order to further develop students’ logical thinking and language skills including the use of formal language, senses for Japanese expressions and expand their knowledge of readings of kanji.

Course objectives

In addition to the development and enhance logical thinking, the course aims to develop skills necessary to present and produce texts (oral and written) about specialized topics including their thesis.

Timetable

The timetables are available through My Timetable.

Mode of instruction

Seminar

Assessment method

Assessment

  • Participation element (attendance, assignments, Kanji&Vocabulary Quiz): 40%

  • Oral presentation: 20%

  • Final exams (reading & writing): 40%

Weighing

The final mark for the course is established by (i) determination of the weighted average combined with (ii) additional requirements.
The students are required to attend more than 70% of the course.

Resit

The re-sit exam for the final exam is available to students whose mark of the final exam is insufficient.

Inspection and feedback

The submitted work will be returned with comments.

Reading list

The handouts will be uploaded on Brightspace.

Registration

Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.

Contact

  • For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.

  • For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr

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