This intermediate refresher program works with the textbook Yookoso: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese (Chapters 6 & 7) and its accompanying workbook. The course will review the following grammatical and functional points: more conditionals, causative passives, more respect, expressing concessions, expressing emotional involvement, uses of 'yo', expressing opinions and conclusions and, to learn to converse and understand Japanese on the topics. of 'comunication and media' and 'nature and culture'. Up to 885 Kanji studied.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
By the end of the course, the successful learner will:
- Further develop the linguistic skills to a more complex upper - intermediate level understanding.
- With a particular focus on their grammatical knowledge and aural skills, students will learn to better understand and participate in a variety of everyday situations in Japanese.
- Develop language-learning strategies to help students’ take charge of their own Japanese language learning.
- Further consolidate grammatical and communicative understanding of upper intermediate Japanese and begin to develop functional skills at an intermediate level.
- Learn a variety of socio-cultural information useful to intermediate learners of Japanese.
- Consolidate reading skills and develop familiarity with up to 885 kanji.
Indicative Assessment
Workbook Pre-Class Preparation Tasks 10%
Homework 25%
Take-home Final Exam 40%
Oral Test 15%
Attendance & Participation 10%
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Workload
1.5 hours class room teaching per week and 1.5 of non contact hours.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Tohsaku Yasu-Hiko, Yookoso: Continuing with Contemporary Japanese, Third Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Tohsaku, Yasu-Hiko, Workbook / Laboratory Manual to accompany Yookoso : Continuing with Contemporary Japanese, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 3 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | 0.06250 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $609 | |
| 2014 | $1404 | |
| 2013 | $1404 | |
| 2012 | $1404 | |
| 2011 | $1389 | |
| 2010 | $1359 | |
| 2009 | $1335 | |
| 2008 | $1296 | |
| 2007 | $1149 | |
| 2006 | $1095 | |
| 2005 | $1095 | |
| 2004 | $963 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1701 |
| 2014 | $1971 |
| 2013 | $1971 |
| 2012 | $1971 |
| 2011 | $1971 |
| 2010 | $1971 |
| 2009 | $1908 |
| 2008 | $1908 |
| 2007 | $1908 |
| 2006 | $1908 |
| 2005 | $1908 |
| 2004 | $1908 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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