• Offered by School of Culture History and Language
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Japanese
  • Areas of interest Asian Languages

(a) grammar and vocabulary of written Japanese
(b) acquisition of further 300 kanji  (c) reading of Japanese texts
(d) composition.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Students successfully completing Written Japanese D will have mastered over 400 original Kanji and several times that number of kanji compounds. They will develop reading strategies that will enable them to move beyond textbooks and work through real-world texts in Japanese with the aid of dictionaries.  Emphasis will be on grammar, vocabulary, Kanji recognition and the further improvement of writing skills.

Other Information

Delivery Mode:

On Campus

Indicative Assessment

Kanji/Grammar quizzes (10) - 20%; Newspaper projects (6) - 20%; Essays (3) - 20%; Final exam - 40%.

 

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Workload

Students can expect to spend 10 hours per week on this course inclusive of Four contact hours per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have successfully completed JPNS6012 and JPNS6014. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed JPNS2015.

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed reading:
Kamada, O. et al. Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced, Japan Times,1998
Spahn, M. and Hadamitzky, W., Japanese Character Dictionary, Nichigai Associates, 1989.
Additional photocopied materials will be provided.

Specialisations

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. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 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
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $2958
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $4350
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
1346 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 In Person N/A

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