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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Asian Studies

Postgraduate Course: Japanese Language for Academic Purposes (ASST11052)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is intended for students on the MSc 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.
Course description




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.

1. General course guidance Week 1
2. Staff led seminars: Weeks 3, 5, 7 and 9
3. Student led seminars: Weeks 10 and 11
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Dealing successfully with subject-specific authentic texts in Japanese
  2. Examine texts and other data in the Japanese language that relate to the specialist research areas covered on the course
  3. Assess their content and identify key sections that are relevant to specified research purposes
  4. Take and explain decisions on how to address important issues in approaching material in Japanese (reading, translating, summarizing, contextualizing, etc.)
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsJLfAP
Contacts
Course organiserDr Yoko Sturt
Tel: (0131 6)50 4228
Email: y.m.sturt@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Iain.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk
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