Undergraduate Course: Foundation Japanese Language 1 (ASST07008)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of Japanese, designed to introduce the Japanese Language and culture. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of Japanese.
Course description	W1: Introduction to the course W2:Hiragana W3:Katakana W4:L.1,2 W5:L.2,3 W6: L.3; Review: hiragana & katakana, L.1-3; Class test 1 (hiragana & katakana, L.1-3), Listening comprehension test 1 (L.1-3) W7:L.4,5 W8: L.6, 7; Class test 1 feedback W9: L.7; Review; Class test 2, Listening comprehension test 2 (L.4-7) W10:L.8,9 W11: Review: L.1-9; Class test 2 feedback

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	A text book and a workbook

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 60
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Course work (including in class tests and class participation) 50%; degree exam 50%.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Foundation Japanese Language 1		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Japanese Language 1		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 30
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Course work (including in class tests and class participation) 50%; degree exam 50%.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Foundation Japanese Language 1		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Japanese Language 1		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will develop basic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. They will acquire knowledge of basic grammatical structures and a vocabulary of approximately 400 high-frequency words and phrases and the 2 basic character sets.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Special Arrangements	This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. LLC students may only take this course if it is over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits. Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam).
Additional Class Delivery Information	IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. See Web Timetable 2015/2016. Any enquiries regarding course enrolment, groups, first meeting, and class venues for each groups, etc. should be made to the course secretary. Please note: this course will not appear on students' personalised timetable. Group Sign-up sheets will be available on LEARN after the first class meeting. Groups have a limited quota, if a group reaches capacity, you will need to choose another. Students joining the course after the first class meeting with timetable restrictions on which group they can join must contact the course secretary before enrolling to confirm availability in the required group. Teaching classes will start in the second week of the semester.
Keywords	OLFJAPA1SEM1&2

Contacts
Course organiser	Mrs Sakino Kelbie Tel: (0131 6)50 8294 Email: Sakino.Kelbie@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mr David Lonergan Tel: (0131 6)50 6949 Email: David.Lonergan@ed.ac.uk