Undergraduate Course: Foundation Japanese Language 3 (ASST07017)

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	This course is for post-beginners with some knowledge of Japanese or students who have successfully completed Foundation Japanese 2. It is not suitable for absolute beginners. The examination will consist of a two-hour written paper.
Course description	W1: Introduction to the course, review of JBP-I: L.1-18 W2: JBP-I: L.19 (travelling, duration of time), L.20 (asking for permission & requests) W3: JBP-I: L.20 , L.21 (forbidding something) W4: JBP-I: L.21 , L.22 (talking about current activities) W5: Class test (L.19-21), JBP-I: L.22 W6: JBP-I:, L,23 (talking about current states) W7: Class test 1 feedback, JBP-I: L. 24 (skills, likes and dislikes) W8: JBP-I: L. 25 (wanting to do something) W9: JBP-I: JBP-II: L.1 (comparison 1), Class test 2 (L22-24) W10: JBP-II: L.2 (comparison 2) W11: JBP-II: L.2, Class test feedback, review

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Foundation Japanese Language 2 (ASST07016)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	Textbooks

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 30
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)	Continuous Assessment: 2 x Class Tests and regular attendance and active participation: 50% Degree exam (two-hour written paper (content: vocabulary and grammar, reading comprehension and composition, kanji): 50%.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Foundation Japanese Language 3		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Japanese Language 3		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)	Continuous Assessment: 2 x Class Tests and regular attendance and active participation: 50% Degree exam (two-hour written paper (content: vocabulary and grammar, reading comprehension and composition, kanji): 50%.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Foundation Japanese Language 3		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation Japanese Language 3		2:00

Learning Outcomes
Students will further develop basic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, to nearly Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level A1 (the lowest). Some additional basic frequently used kanji are also introduced, following on from those introduced in Introductory Japanese 2.

Reading List
Essential textbook: 1) Japanese for Busy People I Kana version (Revised Third Edition), AJALT, Kodansha. ISBN : 978-4-7700-3009-2 / 4-7700-3009-6 Published : Jan, 2007 2) Japanese for Busy People II [With CD (Audio)] (Revised Third Edition), AJALT, Kodansha. ISBN-10: 1568363869 \| ISBN-13: 978-1568363868 \| Publication Date: 9 April 2012

Additional Information
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. 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).
Keywords	OLFJAPA3SEM1

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