• Total units 48 Units
  • Areas of interest Asian Languages, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Language Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
  • Major code JPNS-MAJ
  • Academic career Undergraduate
Japanese Language Major

Description

Japanese is the national language of Japan, a nation that is not only one of Australia's major trading partners, but is also a country with which many young Australians have deep personal ties. Japanese is the most popular foreign language in Australian schools and universities and the depth of the ties between Australia and Japan mean that knowledge of the language will be a valuable asset for many years to come. Studying Japanese as a major can have many linguistic and cultural benefits that reach well beyond the classroom.

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at one of the twenty five tertiary institution in Japan with which the ANU has ties. This can be done either through intensive in-country study in the summer break, through the semester in Japan program, or through a year of study in the Year in Japan program. Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory courses.

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Japanese language major students should be able to:

  1. express themselves confidently in a polite, neutral or informal register, appropriate to the genre and the audience.
  2. read, comprehend and infer authors’ meaning in newspapers, magazines, and literary texts in Japanese.
  3. engage with authentic media such as television news broadcasts, movies, short stories and novels by summarizing, analysing, evaluating and criticizing their content.
  4. write texts in Japanese in the appropriate genre, with correct grammatical structures and thematic vocabulary relevant to the level of the student
  5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Japanese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive   list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major,   whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of   courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Other Information

To register for the Japanese language proficiency placement test please contact the CAP Student centre at cap.student@anu.edu.au
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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

12 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code Title Units
JPNS2013 Spoken Japanese 4 6
JPNS2015 Written Japanese D 6

36 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code Title Units
JPNS1012 Spoken Japanese 1 6
JPNS1014 Written Japanese A 6
JPNS2003 Spoken Japanese 2 6
JPNS2005 Written Japanese B 6
JPNS2012 Spoken Japanese 3 6
JPNS2014 Written Japanese C 6
JPNS2024 Japanese Grammar and Expressions 6
JPNS2525 Learning Language Locally: Japan 6
JPNS3005 Advanced Japanese: Issues in Contemporary Japan 6
JPNS3006 Advanced Japanese: Language in Context 6
JPNS3007 Advanced Japanese: Readings in Culture and Society 6
JPNS3008 Advanced Japanese: Readings in Literature 6
JPNS3012 Teaching Japanese: Content 6
JPNS3013 Japanese - English Translation 6
JPNS3014 Teaching Japanese: Method 6
JPNS3018 Readings in Japanese 6
JPNS3023 Advanced Readings in Japanese A 6
JPNS3024 Advanced Readings in Japanese B 6
JPNS3102 Debating Japan: Contemporary Intellectual Debates 6
ASIA2103 Language in Asia (L) 6
ASIA3006 Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific 6-12
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