JPNS2611 - Japanese 3

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Chunfen Shao
Phone: +61 2 9351 4570
Email: chunfen.shao@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit consolidates basic grammar and introduces intermediate grammar, through communicative methods and reading practice. By the end of the semester, students should be able to keep up a conversation for a short time in a dialogue, to write short passages without the assistance of dictionaries, to read narrative texts, and to recognise the difference between written and spoken modes of communication in Japanese. Students will be able to write approximately 200 kanji and to recognise about 300 kanji.

Assessments

continuous assessment (including class quizzes, tests and written assignments) (equivalent to 3000wds) (75%), 1x1hr exam (25%)

Textbooks

Genki II, Eri Banno et al
The Japan Times

Classes

3x1-hr tutorials/week

Prerequisites

65% or more in HSC Japanese Beginners or less then 70% in Japanese Continuers, or JPNS1121 or JPNS1612

Prohibitions

JPNS1114, JPNS2212

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