• 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
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • AsPr Duck-Young Lee
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2018
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This course is the second half of the beginners level. On the basis of the knowledge and skills obtained through Spoken Japanese 1, the course aims to further develop the Japanese communication skills. It will also establish a solid basis for further study of the language.

Learning Outcomes

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

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills at an Advanced Beginner level of spoken Japanese to:
1. Use an active vocabulary of around 600 items, and a passive vocabulary of around 1200 items.
2. Use grammatical points and constructions to appropriately conduct conversations in frequently occurring situations, which include expressing one’s thoughts, visiting one’s home, telephone conversations, celebrating special occasions, giving advice, talking about university life, expressing one’s emotions.
3. Use appropriate communication strategies to produce natural colloquial Japanese. The strategies include particle omission, clause omission, echo questions, sentence-final particles, expressions of appreciation and the use of kedo and nante.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of cultural communication practices in interpersonal relationships (casual speeches) and knowledge of Japan (Japanese house, gift-giving, eating places, school system and traditional plays).

Other Information

Proficiency level
Students who successfully complete this course (as well as JPNS2005/6115)) will typically achieve a level of proficiency roughly equivalent to JLPT N4 to N5, depending on their performance and degree of engagement.

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This is a co-taught course. Any cap on enrolments in one course applies to both courses combined.

Indicative Assessment

Oral tests (40%) --- LO 2, 3
In-class tests (10%) --- LO 1
Online assignments (10%) --- LO 2
Mid-term exam (Grammar and expressions) (10%) --- LO 1, 2
Final exam (Listening and Grammar) (30%) --- LO 2, 4

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Workload

Five hours per week. Students will be expected to complete 9-10 hours of work each week over the course of the semester, including online and in-class contact hours and independent study.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have previously completed JPNS6112, or have been permitted entry based on the results of the Japanese language placement test. Incompatible with JPNS2003.

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
2018 $3180
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2018 $4860
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
7249 23 Jul 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 Aug 2018 26 Oct 2018 In Person N/A

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