BA Japanese
Year 1
(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year, students should:- be familiar with with standard Japanese pronunciation and with both Japanese syllabaries (hiragana and katakana) and approximately 250 Japanese kanji;- be able to understand and reproduce the essential features of Japanese grammar;- be able to read short texts in Japanese;- be able to translate sentences and short texts from Japanese into English and vice versa;- be able to type East Asian characters on a computer and master basic related IT skills;- be able to respond to aural comprehension questions in Japanese;- be able to conduct simple dialogues in Japanese;- have a basic understanding of Japanese history, culture, and society;- be able to demonstrate a sound familiarity with the basic concepts and information, and the practical, technical and intellectual approaches in one or more academic disciplines;- be able to demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with these disciplines;- be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the disciplines;- be able to present structured and coherent arguments;- be able to communicate the results of their work;- be able to engage in meaningful interaction with peers and tutors within a virtual learning environment;- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- qualities and transferable skills related to the subject area(s) studied, valuable for employment, eg. be able to gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, be able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;- the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the area of study;- work that covers a restricted area of the subject;- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.