Course overview
This course will extend students' proficiency in spoken and written Japanese at an advanced level and deepen their knowledge of Japanese culture and society, and enhance their intercultural understanding in complex situations. Students will consolidate and further develop advanced level skills in vocabulary, structures and texts related to a range of advanced linguistic situations, themes and topics. They will further develop accuracy, flexibility and fluency. Students will be able to critically review representations of Japanese culture and critically reflect on the intercultural concepts, Japanese values, assumptions and way of life.
Course learning outcomes
- recognise and use the main structures and idioms of the Japanese language with accuracy and fluency for a broad range of purposes
- interact autonomously in authentic formal and informal Japanese contexts
- critically review representations of Japanese culture and society
- critically reflect on the intercultural aspects of Japanese language and culture both in Japan and internationally