James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2001

JA1102:03

Basic Japanese 2

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: JA1101 or JA2001 or JA2011
Inadmissable Subject Combination: JA2002 JA2012

13 lectures (video-conferenced to Cairns), 39 tutorials (over three intensive workshops in Cairns). Second semester.

Staff: Mr K Kampmark, Mr G Kutash.

This subject continues building basic level communicative skills across the four macro-skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to equip students with the skills necessary to discuss comparisons; express simple reasoning; describe obligations; describe acts of giving, receiving, doing and receiving favours; discuss past experiences; communicate effectively on the above topics also in reading and writing and glean simple information from authentic TV/radio broadcast.

Assessment by assignments, in-class tests, oral/aural and written examinations: listening (25%); speaking (25%); reading (25%); writing (25%).