97201 Japanese Language and Culture 1

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This subject provides students who have no prior knowledge of the Japanese language with basic reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. The subject aims to develop students' communicative competence in a range of everyday social situations. In this subject students learn to read and write the hiragana and katakana scripts as well as 50 kanji. Students also learn to read authentic materials, such as simple menus and advertisements. By the end of this subject students are expected to be able to understand and use everyday greetings, introduce themselves, discuss locations and daily routines. The learning of the sociocultural use of the language is an integral part of this subject. Students are also required to use a range of resources that facilitate independent language learning.

Assessment: This subject has a combination of continuous assessment and final examinations for speaking, listening, reading and writing. Further details are available in the subject outline distributed in class during the first week of teaching.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Also offered in Spring semester at City campus subject to demand.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.