Introductory Japanese II
UndergraduateMAQ-JPNX1022019
Course information for 2019 intake
Stretch your skills by reading and writing short text in hiragana, katakana and some kanji. Listen and understand phrases about personal information, shopping, geography and employment. Interact in the language and give a short presentation.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introductory Japanese II
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Reading: understand short, simple texts in hiragana, katakana and a number of limited kanji containing essential and high-frequency vocabulary.
- Listening: understand familiar phrases and expressions and extract necessary information related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment) provided speech is in a standard form and clearly and slowly articulated.
- Writing: write short, simple formulaic texts in hiragana, katakana and a limited number of kanji on familiar topics in areas of immediate need and personal interest.
- Spoken Interaction: interact with reasonable ease in structured situations and short conversations, provided the other person helps, if necessary; manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort; ask and answer questions and exchange ideas and information on familiar topics in predictable everyday situations.
- Spoken Production: give a simple description or presentation about people, living or working conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes etc., synthesising a short series of simple phrases and sentences into a list.
- Revision, using authentic materials
- Expressing contrast and making comparisons
- Plain present forms
- Making noun phrases, using verbs in plain form and 'no?'; talking about when something happens, using 'mae' and 'toki'
- Expressing costs
- Making requests and deciding something
- Using te-form to make a request to do something and describe actions in sequence
- Family members; describing continuous actions or states, using te-form
- Expressing change in state; dates; plain past tense; using past tense with 'ato' and 'toki'
- Expressing purpose, using the verb stem and 'ni'
- Inviting and suggesting
- Expressing cause and effect, using te-form
- Giving a reason or explanation
- Modifying clauses
- Revision
This unit was previously known as JPE102 Introductory Japanese II.
This higher introductory unit further develops basic Japanese language skills. In this unit, students develop their knowledge of Japanese language and use their growing understanding of Japanese grammar, vocabulary and culture to complete a variety of practical and authentic tasks which cover the four skill areas of listening, speaking, writing and reading.
- Exercise (30%)
- Participation (5%)
- Quizzes (5%)
- Test (15%)
- Test (45%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
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