JAPA142-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Elementary Japanese

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Elementary Japanese

JAPA142 in the second semester continues on from JAPA141. By the end of the course students should be able to understand and actively use basic modern Japanese grammar and vocabulary. They will also have learned to read and write the kana syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), as well as approximately 170 Sino-Japanese characters (kanji).
There are five contact hours each week, one hour of which is devoted to improving students’ aural and oral skills through the use of a variety of teaching materials, including video and audio tapes.

Prerequisites

JAPA141 (Level 2 NCEA with 15 credits or above in Japanese) or equivalent. Direct entry is through a placement test and approval of the Programme Director.

Restrictions

JAPA101, JAPA105

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments (4) 4%
Final Examination 50%
Presentation 3%
Aural tests (2) 10%
Kana/Kanji reading & writing tests (10) 5%
Mini written tests (10) 10%
In term test 17 Aug 2006 18%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $562.00

International fee $2,280.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Languages and Cultures .

All JAPA142 Occurrences

  • JAPA142-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)
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