This tertiary-level extension course is for senior secondary students who have had considerably more exposure to Japanese language than average students and is designed to extend the in-school Advanced Japanese program by developing students’ comprehensive language skills. This course focuses on the practical and pragmatic use of the Japanese language in a variety of contexts, through which students are given opportunities to further extend their language proficiency, communication skills, socio-cultural knowledge about Japan, and cross-cultural awareness.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of Japanese grammar at an advanced level.
- Demonstrate an expanded vocabulary and extended kanji knowledge from 1,000 to include all joyo kanji.
- Demonstrate the ability to respond creatively and/or critically to a variety of text type including authentic materials.
- Demonstrate the ability to establish, maintain and extend interpersonal communication with Japanese speakers freely on various socio-cultural topics.
- Communicate in highly complex linguistic and cultural contexts showing strong control over linguistic elements and an awareness of audience and purpose.
- Develop independent, problem solving and collaborative skills including being able to confidently and effectively access Japanese language resources.
Indicative Assessment
Speaking task including unscripted interview 25-40%
Writing task including sustained writing 25-40%
Responding task including a sustained response in either Japanese or English to a previously unseen/unheard stimulus 25-40%
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Workload
Two contact hours per week.
Assumed Knowledge
None.
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 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $2856 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $4080 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3636 | 20 Feb 2017 | 27 Feb 2017 | 31 Mar 2017 | 26 May 2017 | In Person | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8562 | 24 Jul 2017 | 31 Jul 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | 27 Oct 2017 | In Person | N/A |
