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This course aims to bring the student to an advanced intermediate standard in Japanese. At the end of this course students should be able to read and write approximately 750 kanji.
This course builds upon JAPA 152 by completing the coverage of basic grammar in conversational Japanese and by moving on to the study of modern narrative and polemical prose. Emphasis is placed upon reading and writing skills, and students improve their aural comprehension in the language laboratory. There are four hours of lectures plus one language laboratory tutorial per week throughout the year. Written exercises are assigned frequently.
JAPA105 or JAPA152 or equivalent. Direct entry without the prerequisite is through a placement test and approval of the Programme Director.
JAPA301
Yutaka Okura
Rachel Payne
Miura, Akira , McGloin, Naomi Hanaoka; An integrated approach to intermediate Japanese = Chūkyū no Nihongo ; 1st ed; Japan Times, 1994.
Henshall, Kenneth G; A guide to remembering Japanese characters ; 1st ed; Tuttle Pub, 1998.
Sakade, Florence. et al; A guide to reading & writing Japanese : a comprehensive guide to the Japanese writing system ; 3rd ed. ; Tuttle Pub, 2003.
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Domestic fee $1,443.00
International fee $5,867.00
* 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 .