James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

JA1002 - Foundation Japanese 2

Students who have a SA in Senior Japanese are not permitted to enrol in this subject.

Subject Description

This subject introduces the syllabary writing system of katakana, and continues building elementary level communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Learning Outcomes

• apply skills necessary to exchange greetings; talk about families, age and occupations; carry out elementary shopping tasks; order meals and drinks; discuss locations; where things are and how they are placed; describe qualities such as big, small, etc.; talk about likes and dislikes; communicate succesfully in reading and writing on the above topics; and recognise tweny five additional <i>kanji</i> characters on top of the twenty learned in JA1001

Subject Assessment

• Invigilated > Other exams - (40%)
• Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (15%)
• Invigilated > Centrally-administered final exam - (45%)

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  JA1012

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