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JPNS2612: Japanese 4

2024 unit information

This unit aims to consolidate basic grammar and introduce intermediate grammar through grammar tutorials, communicative methods and reading and writing practice. By the end of the semester, students are expected to be able to sustain a conversation about a selected topic for several minutes in a dialogue, to write a well-structured short Essay without the assistance of dictionaries, and to read Japanese texts on a wide variety of topics. They will be able to write approximately 300 kanji and to recognise about 400 kanji.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Japanese Studies

Code JPNS2612
Academic unit Japanese Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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JPNS1114 or JPNS2212 or JPNS2611
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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JPNS1124 or JPNS2222
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. sustain a conversation about a selected topic for several minutes in a dialogue
  • LO2. write a well-structured short essay without the assistance of dictionaries
  • LO3. read Japanese narrative texts on a wide variety of topics
  • LO4. recognize the difference between written and spoken modes of communication
  • LO5. write approximately 300 Kanji and to recognise about 400 Kanji.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Outline unavailable
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 2 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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