Undergraduate Course: Practical Japanese 2- Year Abroad Preparation (ASST08044)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	0	ECTS Credits	0
Summary	This course provides series of workshops and tutorials to the second year MA Japanese and MA Japanese and Linguistics students for essential practical skills and tips before the year abroad in Japan in their third year.
Course description	Workshop 1: Year Abroad application workshops (S2W1-8) Workshop 2: J3 preparation workshops (S2W9-11)

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 25
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 0 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 11, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Practical exams 100%. Your work will be assessed in two ways: i. By attending and participating actively in the tutorial session(s) for all components. ii. By completing the regular assignments and assessments during the tutorial session(s) for the relevant component, such as reports, language quizzes and tests, presentations. A successful completion of an exchange programme application to his/her host university in Japan is also included as a part of assessment. A pass for this course is normally a requirement for progression to Honours.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students preparing for the year abroad in the 3rd year will be able to fill in the application forms of an exchange programme for their year abroad, and to survive in Japan in various situations. They will also be able to deepen their knowledge of Japanese culture, manners, and society through the language learning. of using online resources, dictionaries, computer writing that are essential for learning Japanese. They will also practice how to conduct various online language tasks from UoE while they are on the year abroad in Japan.