ANU - STUDYAT - Adv Readings in Science & Tech

Offered By:

Faculty of Asian Studies

Academic Career:

Graduate Coursework

Course Subject:

Japanese

Offered in:

First Semester, 2010

Unit Value:

6 units

Course Description:

This course will focus on reading texts in Japanese about science and technology. This course serves two purposes. First, it fills a role as a Japanese language course between the advanced group stage and the independent research stage. Second, it allows substantive investigation into the discipline and issues of scientific, technical and technological documents in Japanese.

Learning Outcomes:

By the conclusion of this course, students should be familiar with the appropriate Japanese language tools necessary for science and technology reading and for writing research essays in Japanese

Indicative Assessment:

Four comprehension assignments per semester (40%, i.e., 10% each); Mid-term Take-home exam (20%); Final Take-home exam: Summary in Japanese, comprehension and translation into English (30%) and self-assessment (10%).

Areas of Interest:

Asian Languages, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and Science

Academic Contact:

Shunichi Ikeda

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