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Intermediate Japanese A - ARTS2630
Students studying

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: http://languages.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/courseoutlines.shtml
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: ARTS1631 or JAPN1001
 
 
Excluded: JAPN2000
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

The course introduces a number of basic Japanese structures and vocabulary including 150 kanji that are essential to basic Japanese communication (oral/aural and reading/writing). They are taught through five social/cultural topics following the textbook, Nakama Book2 chapters:
1. Weather,
2. Travel,
3. Rules,
4. Preparing for the future
5. Asking for and giving directions

While studying language, the thematic focus gives students the opportunity to understand current sociocultural issues in Japan, and to apply this to their own culture as they discuss similarities and differences.

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