Intermediate Japanese A - ARTS2630


	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.