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- Chinese Economic DocumentsCHIN30012
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject is a reading course on Chinese economic and business documents. Students will be given a guided introduction to a variety of economic documents, including official policy statements, statistical material, newspaper reports and comments, and information drawn from the world wide web. ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 36 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 2 hour tutorial per week. Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Japanese Through TranslationJAPN20016
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject introduces advanced learners of Japanese to two interrelated, but different, areas of language study: translation and interpreting. It provides the students with opportunities to understand and gain knowledge necessary for interpreting and translating. It involves the practice of int...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Four hours of language classes per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Reading Japanese LiteratureJAPN10009
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject aims to familiarise students with authentic literary Japanese texts. Students will read various forms and styles of reading materials including well-known Japanese novels and poems. Students will learn new vocabulary, phrases, and expressions. They will also learn useful reading stra...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Four hours of language classes per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Reading Japanese LiteratureJAPN20011
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject aims to familiarise students with authentic literary Japanese texts. Students will read various forms and styles of reading materials including well-known Japanese novels and poems. Students will learn new vocabulary, phrases, and expressions. They will also learn useful reading stra...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Four hours of language classes per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Japanese 1JAPN10001
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject is designed for students with no Japanese learning background. Students will develop essential foundation of Japanese literacy in order to be able to engage in social events and situations in an appropriate manner, while drawing on their background knowledge in their first language. ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: 2 x 2-hour seminars per week. Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Japanese 7JAPN30005
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject is designed for students who have completed Japanese 6 and can recognise around 600 kanji characters, or those who have similar experience. This subject will enhance students’ academic literacy skills to conduct research related to Japan/Japanese. Students will establish advanced Jap...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: A 1 hour lecture, a 1.5 hour seminar and a 1.5 hour seminar per week. Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Signs and Symbols in JapaneseJAPN20009
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject aims to provide students an overview of the current Japanese writing system, consisting of three types of script: kanji, hiragana and katakana. Students will learn the historical backgrounds of these types of script, and learn the current structural and functional characteristics of ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 30 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 1.5 hour seminar per week Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Japanese Grammar in ActionJAPN20010
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject aims to advance learners' Japanese acquisition with a focus on the grammatical aspects of the Japanese language. The subject asks students to re-think the rules they were taught at earlier stages of their Japanese learning in terms of how they function in real Japanese conversation a...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 30 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 1.5 hour seminar per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Contemporary JapanJAPN20005
Offered:Semester 1, Winter TermYear:2019Quotas apply
This subject examines basic themes in contemporary Japanese society, as well as commonly used theoretical models. Topics for discussion include the tension between individuals and collective society; notions of regional, gender and age-based status identities and the effects of social change. Stu...
- Semester 1 - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Winter: A total of 30 hours: A total of 30 hours: 1.5 lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per day conducted over 2 weeks. Semester 1: A total of 30 hours: a 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 - Winter Term - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Winter: A total of 30 hours: A total of 30 hours: 1.5 lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per day conducted over 2 weeks. Semester 1: A total of 30 hours: a 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week Teaching period 1 July 2019 to 16 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 4 July 2019 Census date 12 July 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 July 2019 Assessment period ends 9 August 2019
- Japanese 4JAPN20008
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject is designed for students who have successfully completed Japanese 3 and can recognise around 250 Kanji characters. In this subject, students will be introduced to around 100 new Kanji characters. They will develop communication skills to deal with formal interaction genres such as se...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: A 1-hour lecture, a 1.5-hour seminar and a 1.5-hour seminar per week. Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN20012
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
The diversity of language within Japanese, be it phonetical, lexical, morphological, grammatical and strategical, exist according to the speaker’s gender, age, hometown and type of communication one is engaged in. To ensure successful communication in Japanese, one must learn not only the ‘standa...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: 4 hours of language classes per week Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Seminars in Theoretical LinguisticsLING40004
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject is a course of advanced seminars in theoretical linguistics, whose topic will vary from year to year. The subject will take a formal theoretical approach with the particular topic for the seminar being phonology, morphology, syntax or semantics. Students who complete this subject sho...
Not available in 2019
View details - Current Topics in Applied LinguisticsLING90029
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This elective will cover advanced topics in applied linguistics, with the focus to vary each year. Possible topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): validity in language testing, feedback in second language writing, interlanguage pragmatics, socialization and identity, narrative enq...
Not available in 2019
View details - The Grammar of EnglishLING90035
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject is a systematic examination of the major elements of English grammar using principles of linguistic analysis. The subject is delivered through a ‘blended learning’ approach, with a mixture of online and intensive on-campus teaching modes, and extensive resources, including video inte...
Not available in 2019
View details - Discourse Analysis and RepresentationLING40003
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject involves the advanced study of major theories and methods of discourse analysis and representation, through consideration of both classic and recent approaches, and through practice at applying particular methods of analysis.
Not available in 2019
View details - Reading DialogueCWRI40012
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject will introduce students to advanced dialogic techniques in relation to a range of genres including short story, novel and script. The exploration of the mechanics of dialogue will be cast against the historical evolution of modern and postmodern modes of dialogue so that students wi...
Not available in 2019
View details - Seminars in Descriptive LinguisticsLING40009
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject is a course of advanced seminars in descriptive linguistics, whose topic will vary from year to year. Topics studied in the past have included gesture in interaction and grammaticalisation. Students who complete this subject should demonstrate an understanding of the topic being stud...
Not available in 2019
View details - Second Language PragmaticsLING90034
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject provides an overview of research in second language pragmatics. It covers research methods in second language pragmatics, learners’ developmental pathways, effects of individual learner differences and learning contexts on pragmatics learning, teaching and assessment of second langua...
Not available in 2019
View details - Popular Cultures in IndonesiaINDO30003
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject focuses on two areas, namely the location of a particular study of popular culture within the broader study of cultures, and questions of aesthetic and political values with specific reference to Indonesian contexts. Students will examine critically selected analyses of different gen...
Not available in 2019
View details - French Travel WritingFREN20012
Offered:Not offered inYear:2019
This subject examines how travel writing translates the world into words, and as such is a key to understanding international relations and intercultural communication. Focusing mainly on contemporary texts but also referring to classical French travel literature, it introduces students to a wide...
Not available in 2019
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