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Understanding Japanese Communication (JAPN20002)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This subject aims to supplement core Japanese language subjects with key analytical tools and strategies. They should enable students to engage in interactions in Japanese effectively in achieving intended social and communicative goals. Students will be introduced to Japanese sound systems, key characteristics of conversational patters, and socio-culturally rigid as well as negotiable aspects of the language.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand fluid and negotiable nature of interactions in Japanese and in one's first language
- Have a greater sensitivity in choice making in conversations
- Analyse Japanese conversational dialogues with the knowledge of aisatsu ritual and other conversational routines, politeness, and ellipses
- Conduct everyday conversations and manage classroom communication in Japanese with greater socio-cultural awareness
- Present opinions in both spoken and written forms
- Reflect on their first language and culture from intercultural perspectives
- Understand and analyse Japanese discourse in relation to speaker intention
- Appreciate some of the great Japanese literary works
Last updated: 15 February 2025