James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2001

JA3301:06

Advanced Japanese 1

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: JA1112 or JA1122 or JA2202 or JA3002 or JA3012
Inadmissable Subject Combination: JA2111 JA2121

26 lectures (video-conferenced to Cairns), 26 tutorials (over three intensive workshops in Cairns). First semester.

Staff: Mr G Kutash.

This subject is designed for those who have either completed Intermediate Japanese at JCU or have reached a similar level of proficiency through studying Japanese elsewhere. It deals with authentic Japanese material both in a printed and electronic form, such as TV dramas, documentaries, magazine and newspaper articles etc.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to equip students with the skills necessary to comprehend to a fair degree of detail the content of films, TV dramas, simple news stories and magazine articles; summarise such, both in speech and in writing; satisfy routine requirements of everyday social situations.

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