BA International Business and Japanese

Year 2

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- engage in everyday conversation, write basic sentences and read simple texts in Japanese.
- acquire academic and practical knowledge of contemporary Japan.
- develop personal independence, self-confidence, and the social and interpersonal skills required by group life

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to develop and practise:

- oral, written and practical skills in Japanese;
- the organisation of life and study in Japan;
- inter-personal skills required to operate in Japanese society
- the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
- skills necessary for the communication of information;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility and decision making.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed (on a Pass/Fail basis) by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes specified for the residence abroad and will include:

- submission of a year-abroad log

- successful completion of all courses including the language and studies exams as set by students' host university
- submission of an essay assignment (in Japanese) in January
- submission of an essay assignment (in English) in June
- completion of one or both test(s) listed below
1) The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
2) The language diagnostic test based upon the N3 for JLPT in Leeds in September