JA1101 - Basic Japanese 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This subject is designed for those who have either completed Foundation Japanese at JCU or have studied Japanese elsewhere, but not quite up to Year 12 level in high school.

Learning Outcomes

• to equip students with the skills necessary to ask permission and express prohibition; talk about the weather, climate, seasons; discuss skills and abilities; express intentions and desire; ask for street directions; communicate effectively in reading and writing on the above topics; glean simple information from authentic TV/radio broadcast.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:	JA1002
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	JA2001 and JA2011

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr George Kutash.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours tutorials - 3 hours of class/week commencing Week 1
Assessment:	end of semester exam (45%); other exams (40%); assignments (15%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr George Kutash.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures - (video-conferenced from Townsville) 26 hours tutorials - (video-conferenced from Townsville)
Assessment:	end of semester exam (45%); other exams (40%); assignments (15%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.