Postgraduate Course: Japanese Language for Academic Purposes (ASST11052)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is intended for students on the M Sc in Japanese programme who hold an undergraduate degree in Japanese or have previous experience of studying Japanese to advanced level and who wish to focus on developing their Japanese language skills, particularly in reading and writing, for research purposes.
The course will be delivered through fortnightly seminars. In the first part of the semester, academic teaching staff will lead seminars explaining how they approach the main issues in dealing with texts and other Japanese data in their areas of research. In the second part of the semester, seminars will be student led, and will normally focus on Japanese sources being used for initial dissertation research |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
90 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course is assessed by an individual presentation and 2000 word report on the use of Japanese sources for your intended dissertation topic (70%), a collection of summary reports on seminar content totalling 2000 words (20%), and seminar participation and general contribution (10%). |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course students should be able to:
Examine texts and other data in the Japanese language that relate to the specialist research areas covered on the course
Assess their content and identify key sections that are relevant to specified research purposes
Take and explain decisions on how to address important issues in approaching material in Japanese (reading, translating, summarizing, contextualizing, etc.)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | JLfAP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yoko Sturt
Tel: (0131 6)50 4228
Email: y.m.sturt@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Iain.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk |
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