The course focuses on practical approaches to teaching Japanese as a foreign language, on how to select and present the linguistic and socio-cultural subject matter of Japanese language courses. Topics discussed will include approaches to language teaching, course and task design, materials review, and approaches to applied linguistics research; the course will also include a teaching practice component.

Essay (30%) and practical exercises (totalling 70%)

Three hours per week
Japanese Program / Japanese Linguistics Program

Students who are not native speakers of Japanese are normally required to have completed Year-in-Japan Program or a major in Japanese in order to take the course at undergraduate level (JPNS3014). Completion of Teaching Japanese: Content is also desirable. JPNS6514 forms part of the coursework for the Graduate Diploma/MA program specialising in Japanese Applied Linguistics. Students at this level normally hold a Bachelor degree, with a major in Japanese in the case of non-native speakers.

Students may be exempted from these requisites if they have passed the required level in the centre placement test, or have permission from the course coordinator.

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