Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convener, Practical Teacher
Wes Robertson
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Tutorial Teacher
Sally Chan
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Tutorial Teacher
Rika Saegusa
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
JPS101 or JPNS1010
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will improve students' understanding of Japanese grammar, vocabulary, culture, and writing so that they can accomplish a variety of practical and authentic tasks. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to a level where they can carry out a wide variety of common social interactions, and participate effectively in multiple communicative contexts. Additionally, students will gain basic proficiency in the use of the kanji script, and the ways that standard written Japanese employs kanji, hiragana, and katakana in tandem. The class provides opportunities for interactive language learning, and a wide variety of methods for Japanese practice through the use of online resources. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
General Assessment Information
Indicative examples of assessment tasks and regular feedback will be available on iLearn.
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic
Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date. If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Weekly Participation | 5% | No | Ongoing |
Weekly Workbook | 10% | No | Ongoing Weeks 1-11, due Sundays at 23:59 |
Online Quiz | 15% | No | Ongoing Weeks 1-6 & 8-11, due Sundays at 23:59 |
Mid-Semester Speaking Test | 10% | No | During Week 7 via Sign-Up, see iLearn |
Online Mid-Semester Test | 20% | No | 23:59 on 17/09/22 |
Final Test | 30% | No | 23:59 on 29/10/22 |
Creative Japanese Performance | 10% | No | 23:59 on 5/11/22 |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 5%
Weekly activities to check and confirm active engagement with course material. This will occur as online activities.
Assessment Type 1: Problem set
Indicative Time on Task 2: 14 hours
Due: Ongoing Weeks 1-11, due Sundays at 23:59
Weighting: 10%
Students will complete the workbook for each week, check their answers against a model, and then submit the corrected file via iLearn.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Ongoing Weeks 1-6 & 8-11, due Sundays at 23:59
Weighting: 15%
Students complete weekly online quizzes via iLearn, which test them on the content of the week.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: During Week 7 via Sign-Up, see iLearn
Weighting: 10%
Students will be required to participate in a Japanese conversation over a short time period, and answer any questions that arise during the conversation. This will occur via Zoom sessions.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: 23:59 on 17/09/22
Weighting: 20%
The mid-semester test will comprehensively test students on their reading, writing, and listening skills. Test is held online for all students.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: 23:59 on 29/10/22
Weighting: 30%
The final test will comprehensively evaluate students’ Japanese reading, listening, and writing skills, covering the entire content of the course. It is held online for all students.
Assessment Type 1: Media presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 23:59 on 5/11/22
Weighting: 10%
This task requires students to create, perform, and record a video in Japanese in relation to a specific prompt. All students upload the final video to iLearn.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
TEXTBOOK
Unit Book is provided free on iLearn. Please download and have a copy ready by Week 1. Printing off a hard copy is recommended, but not required.
Online Unit
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
Is my unit in iLearn?:https://unitguides.mq.edu.au/ilearn_unit_status/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.
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.
Unit Schedule
Week 1: Introduction/Review
Week 2: Comparison & Contrast
Week 3: Plain Form
Week 4: Using Plain Form
Week 5: Transitive & Intransitive Verbs + Counting
Week 6: The て Form
Week 7: Requests and ている - Speaking Test
Break: Midterm Test
Week 8: にする・なる, Adverbs, Advanced Uses of も, and Negative Requests
Week 9: Plain Past Tense
Week 10: Motivated Movement & Relative Clauses
Week 11: Abilities & Explanations
Week 12: Review + Final Test
Week 13: Video Preparation & Submission
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Unit information based on version 2023.02 of the Handbook