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JAP-90002 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 22 April 2024

JAP-90002 - Japanese 2
Coordinator: Toshihiko Kitagawa
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733960

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Japanese 1 or equivalent.



Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module is designed for students who have completed Japanese 1 (or equivalent). It develops Japanese language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. On a more general level, it will enhance students intercultural skills. By successfully completing this module, students should be able to conduct simple short conversations about their daily life, leisure time activities, eating and drinking, home environment and public transport. They should also be able to give or obtain information on locations of amenities, routines and schedules, and travel arrangements.

Aims
This module aims to improve students written, reading, oral and listening language skills acquired in Japanese 1; provide them with a basic understanding of culture specific behaviour; and enable them to become more efficient language learners.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Recognise and understand familiar words, basic phrases and sentences related to areas of immediate relevance (e.g. personal information) when people speak slowly and clearly.: 1,3
Understand and extract key information from short, simple words and sentences written in Hiragana and Katakana characters.: 1,2
Interact in very simple, familiar situations, asking and answering simple questions in areas of immediate need, provided the other person talks slowly and clearly.: 3
Write simple words, phrases and sentences providing personal information in Hiragana and Katakana characters.: 1,2
Understand and use simple grammatical structures and rules and develop language learning strategies.: 1,2,3
Recognise and act upon very basic cultural differences as encountered in everyday situations and demonstrate knowledge of common traditions in Japan.: 1,2,3

Study hours

22 hours of contact time in class.
40 hours of assessment preparation and completion.
88 hours of guided independent study.

School Rules

Admission to the module must be confirmed through completion of a language level self-assessment form.
Students can only take one Japanese language module per semester.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Online Tasks weighted 30%
KLE reading, grammar and writing tasks.
Examination testing writing and reading skills and the command of active and passive vocabulary from the topic areas studied.

2: Class Test weighted 20%
Class Test.
Students will complete an in-class test which may include writing a short text in the target language in class.

3: Oral Exam weighted 50%
Spoken Interaction Assessment
A 4-8 minute spoken interaction assessment to test speaking (productive), listening (receptive) and conversation (interaction) skills. Task may include presentation, role play, description or similar and question and answer. If assessments are organised in pairs or groups, individual marks will be awarded to each student.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 22 April 2024