该计划旨在使对日语和文化缺乏了解的学生能够获得和发展对日本的兴趣和理解，包括日语，历史，文学，文化和社会。它为社会提供了受过知识训练的个人的资源，他们可以充当英日之间的知识和理解的渠道。学习的第一年对日语语法进行了结构化的介绍，还使学生能够读写日语的音节平假名和片假名，以及大约200个日语字符（汉字）。使用日语进行简单的口头和书面交流时，有一些实践练习。第二年，日语2A是日语1的延续，旨在使学生在中级水平上说，读和写日语。在第一年引入的语言Microlab中的工作作为对教学的可选补充，为学生提供了发展单词
Over the past 150 years, Japan has experienced change at breakneck pace, but has nevertheless retained its fascinating cultural heritage. Study with us and youll develop the linguistic and analytical skills to engage critically with this dynamic society. On this programme, youll benefit from the same Japanese language training as our MA (Hons) Japanese students, but will be able to focus your studies on the social scientific understanding of language. Language classes are active, innovative, inclusive, and always informed by the best practice in the field.