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

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of Level 1, you will be able to
1. Understand and communicate basic information in the target language (in written and oral forms), and interact in simple conversations (if you start as a beginner)
2. Understand and communicate key events and ideas in the target language (in written and oral forms), and take part in everyday conversations (if you start from post-A level or equivalent competence)
3. Recognise and describe the basic communicative resources of the target language: vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)
4. Develop an awareness of the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target language is used by assessing cultural material originating from those societies
5. Acquire a basic understanding of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is used assessing cultural and historical material originating from those societies
6. Identify and apply the strategies to analyse and contextualise texts conveyed in written and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)
7. Discover and apply with the basic concepts of Politics, and some of the main theoretical approaches to its study.
8. Explore and critically evaluate the key political systems, ideas, and entities, and how these shape the contemporary world.
9. Identify and discuss some of the main debates within the study of Politics and the major subfields of Political Theory and Comparative Politics.
10. Identify and apply basic arguments and evaluations of the main debates within the study of Politics.

Skills Learning Outcomes
11. Explore and use effectively different sources of information and knowledge
12. Evaluate and develop arguments supported by evidence and reasoning
13. Communicate information and knowledge effectively in written and oral forms
14. Use effectively basic digital resources and tools to collect and communicate information and knowledge
15. Identify different perspectives and disciplinary boundaries
16. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines
17. Develop critical and analytical 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 1, 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), blogs. Assessment will be both formative and summative, and will be supported with feedback.