Japanese 1B

Subject 110-142 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Undergraduate
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This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1-hour lecture and three hours of language classes per week
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Prerequisites: 110-141 Japanese 1A or equivalent.
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Coordinator

Dr S Machida
Subject Overview:

This is a beginners' post-introductory Japanese subject. This subject enhances skills that enable students to communicate in Japanese and to manage daily life in Japan. Further basic Japanese sentence patterns, vocabulary and expressions are introduced, as well as another 100 basic kanji (Chinese characters). This subject also includes various aspects of Japanese culture that are relevant to effective communication.

Assessment: A 2-hour final examination 50% (due during the examination period), one 10-minute oral exam 10% (due late in semester), a listening test 20% (due mid-semester), in-class composition test 10% (end of semester) and project work 10% (throughout the semester).
Prescribed Texts: Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese (Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku), Student edition with online learning centre built-in card 3e (McGraw-Hill, 2006)
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Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

  • Bachelor of Biomedicine
  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Environments
  • Bachelor of Music
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

  • acquire skills to manage time;

  • acquire cognitive skills to handle two different language systems to express their opinions;

  • develop awareness and sensitivity to appreciate different culture and people.
Notes:

New students with prior experience with the language may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Available at level one for Beginners stream students only.

Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts
Diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese)
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Japanese)

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