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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

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JA4512 - Advanced Japanese 5b

Credit points:03
Year:2020
Student Contribution Band:Band 1
Prerequisites:JA3401 OR JA3402 OR JA3412 OR JA3422
Administered by:College of Arts, Society & Education

Subject Description

    This subject continues building advanced level communicative skills across the four macro-skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, through the study of authentic fictional and non-fictional Japanese prose. Increased emphasis is placed on accuracy and on the range of complexity and flexibility that students display in their language use.

Learning Outcomes

  • enhance further students ability to convey precise and complex meanings in a variety of situations and contexts, both in speech and in writing
  • increase students proficiency beyond the level achieved in the prerequisite advanced level subject

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.

Corequisites:  JA4511

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  JA3211 JA3221 JA4501 JA5501

Availabilities

Cairns, Study Period 1, Internal

Census date:Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 24 Feb 2020 to Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Coordinator(s):
DR George Kutash
Lecturer(s):
DR George Kutash
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 39 Hours - Workshops/Seminars

Townsville, Study Period 1, Internal

Census date:Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
Study Period Dates:Monday, 24 Feb 2020 to Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Coordinator(s):
DR George Kutash
Lecturer(s):
DR George Kutash
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
  • 39 Hours - Workshops/Seminars