BA Japanese

Year 2

Learning outcomes

By the end of their Year Abroad in Japan, students should:
- be able to communicate fluently and appropriately with native speakers of Japanese, demonstrating a high degree of grammatical accuracy;
- have consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures and registers of Japanese;
- be able to demonstrate sophisticated receptive and productive language skills, in a variety of contexts;
- have acquired an academic and practical knowledge of contemporary Japanese culture and society;
- be able to use language creatively to communicate information and ideas.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to develop and practise:
- oral, written and practical skills in the target language;
- the organisation of life and study in Japan;
- inter-personal skills required to operate in Japanese society
- report writing skills.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed (on a Pass/Fail basis) by
- submission of a year-abroad log
- successful completion of all courses taken at the Japanese university.