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JPS 404 – Advanced Japanese IV

2017 – S2 Day

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer /Convenor
Chavalin Svetanant
Contact via Email
AHH North
Tuesday 3-5pm
Credit points Credit points
3
Prerequisites Prerequisites
JPS303 or JPS403
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This unit is designed to develop skills in all areas of Japanese language (reading, writing, listening and speaking) to an advanced level of proficiency. Students learn to discuss a wide range of topics as well as substantially increase their knowledge of vocabulary and kanji. Materials include authentic Japanese texts chosen from a wide range of genres in order to expose students to a variety of writing styles and expressions which they can then use in their own work. This unit covers socio-linguistic aspects of Japanese communication including register, pragmatics and rhetorical conventions which will contribute to the development of students' intercultural competence, enabling them to communicate in a manner which is culturally as well as linguistically appropriate. Students will be encouraged to sit for level N1 or N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) at the completion of this unit. The use of online resources provides students with opportunities to use Japanese as much as possible.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

General Assessment Information

Late Submissions, Extensions and Supplementary Tests

Assessment tasks are compulsory and must be submitted on time. As a general rule, extensions will not be granted without a valid and documented reason (e.g. medical certificate). Late submissions will be penalised by 5% for each day (including weekends) the assessment task is late. A request for a supplementary test will be considered only in the case of serious illness or disruption. No assessment tasks will be accepted after assessment tasks have been corrected and feedback has been provided. Assessment tasks handed in early will not be marked and returned before the due date. If you anticipate unavoidable difficulty in completing an assessment task (in class and/or online), contact the convener or your tutor as soon as possible.

Disruption to Studies

If a student is prevented by serious and unavoidable disruption from completing unit requirements in accordance with their ability, they may apply for support under the Disruption to Studies Policy. To access this support, students must notify the university via ask.mq.edu.au. Students should refer to the Disruption to Studies Policy for further information (see the link provided in the 'Policies and procedures' section of this unit guide).

Examples of Assessment Tasks

Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available in class and/or iLearn.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Unit participation 10% No Ongoing
Oral Presentation 20% No Week 3 & Week 9
Listening Tests 20% No Week 5 & Week 10
Critical Review of Literature 25% No Week 12
Final Examination 25% No Formal examination period

Unit participation

Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%

For satisfactory completion of this unit, students are required to actively participate in all activities (both online and in-class, where applicable) and complete all assignments on-time. Internal students are required to attend the weekly seminars. External students are required to study independently as instructed and maintain regular communication with the teaching staff.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Oral Presentation

Due: Week 3 & Week 9
Weighting: 20%

The first oral presentation (5%) is to be conducted in Week 3, and the second (15%) in Week 9. Further details and marking criteria are provided in class and via iLearn.  


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Listening Tests

Due: Week 5 & Week 10
Weighting: 20%

The first listening test (10%) is to be conducted in class in Week 5, and the second (10%) in Week 10. Further details are provided in class and via iLearn.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.

Critical Review of Literature

Due: Week 12
Weighting: 25%

Students are required to summarise, analyse, and evaluate literature on Japanese language and culture in their critical review. Further details and marking criteria are provided in class and via iLearn.


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.

Final Examination

Due: Formal examination period
Weighting: 25%

The final assessment for JPS404 is a 120-minute written examination. Students may bring in one dictionary (either paper-based or electronic) to the examination which will be conducted on campus during the formal examination period or for external students unable to travel, in a Macquarie-endorsed examination centre.

It is a student's responsibility to prepare their own dictionary. No dictionaries will be supplied at the examination.

It is the University policy that students enrolled in units that require them to sit for compulsory examinations during the official examination period must not arrange to go away before or during the end of the exam period. Exams could be scheduled on Saturdays during that period. You should not expect that alternative examination arrangements can be made for you. The only exceptions to this rule are made for :

  1. members of the armed forces who must go away on duty;
  2. students representing Australia or the University in a national or international sporting or cultural event;
  3. students proceeding to a period of study in a foreign country, associated with their Macquarie program of study.

On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.

Delivery and Resources

Technology used and required

Online Unit

Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.

Technology

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient. Completion of assessment tasks will also require a computer with Japanese fonts enabled. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing in Japanese and English are required.

For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.

Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.

Recommend Textbook

中上級学習者のための日本語読解ワークブック (http://ec.alc.co.jp/book/7009054/

 

Unit Schedule

Please refer to iLearn.

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html

Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html

Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html

Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html​

Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html

Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration

In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/

Results

Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.

Student Support

Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/

Learning Skills

Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.

Student Services and Support

Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.

Student Enquiries

For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au

IT Help

For help with University computer systems and technology, visit http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/

When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.

Graduate Capabilities

Creative and Innovative

Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative

We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Commitment to Continuous Learning

Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills

Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking

We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Problem Solving and Research Capability

Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Effective Communication

We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Reading: understand a variety of more detailed, lengthy and complex texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics independently, in a timely manner, appreciating subtle distinctions of style and implicit as well as explicit meaning; effectively use appropriate reference sources; acquire a wider range of kanji and vocabulary.
  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens

As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Listening: understand a wide range of relatively complex speech (live or broadcast) at normal speed, on familiar and unfamiliar topics encountered in personal, social, academic or vocational life.
  • Writing: write clear, coherent, detailed and well-structured texts in various styles on unfamiliar and complex topics, underlining the relevant and salient issues, expanding and supporting points of view with subsidiary points, reasons and relevant examples, and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion, appropriately using a wider range of sophisticated expressions and kanji.
  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation
  • Listening Tests
  • Critical Review of Literature
  • Final Examination

Socially and Environmentally Active and Responsible

We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • Spoken Interaction: express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly; have a good command of a broad lexical repertoire allowing gaps to be readily overcome with circumlocutions, with little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject could hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
  • Spoken Production: give clear, detailed and sophisticated descriptions and presentations on complex subjects, integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion.

Assessment tasks

  • Unit participation
  • Oral Presentation