BA Modern Languages and Film Studies (Japanese)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of Level 2, you will be able to

1. Understand and communicate key events and ideas in the target language (in written and oral forms), and take part in everyday conversations (if you started as a beginner in Level 1)

2. Understand and communicate complex events and ideas, and participate in sustained conversations (if you started from post-A level or equivalent competence in Level 1)

3. Recognise and analyse a range of communicative resources of the target language: vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)

4. Develop an understanding of the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target language is spoken

5. Widen the knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is spoken

6. Refine and use effectively the strategies to analyse and contextualise texts from the target culture conveyed in written and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)

7. Demonstrate a broad understanding of the concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques that are standard features in a range of aspects of the discipline of Film Studies

8. Apply creatively concepts, theories, concepts, and techniques that define Film Studies as a discipline

9.Explore and analyse a range of filmic and audio-visual texts, genres, aesthetic forms and cultural practices

Skills Learning Outcomes
10. Identify, explore, and use effectively a range of sources of information and knowledge

11. Critically assess and construct sustained arguments supported by evidence and reasoning

12. Communicate effectively information and knowledge in written and oral forms or through digital media

13. Evaluate, experiment with, and use effectively a range of digital resources and tools to collect and communicate information and knowledge

14. Explore connections across perspectives and disciplinary boundaries

15. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and work collaboratively on team projects

16. Acquire skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility

17. Acquire decision-making skills

Assessment

You will be working towards the subject specific and skills learning outcomes by engaging with a variety of approaches to assessment, which will depend on the programme, language pathway, and modules that you will take. At Level 2, assessment methods will typically include coursework in English (essays, commentaries) and the target language (short assignments collected in portfolios), oral presentations in English or the target language, exams in the target language that might include elements of English (for example, translation tasks), group projects, the production of podcasts and other digital artefacts. Assessment will be both formative and summative, and will be supported with feedback.