158-230 Japanese 5A

Note

Available as 158-330 at 3rd-year level, 158-430 at 4th-year level.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Japanese 4B or satisfactory completion of a placement test.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The subject consists of three weekly sessions, one devoted to the development of reading skills through daily newspapers and the other to spoken skills through discussion. One hour per week is spent in the computer lab.

Assessment

Second and Third Years: Assignments and quizzes totalling not more than 2,500 words in written work; one 2-hour written examination; one oral/aural perception test (maximum 30 minutes). Fourth Year: Assignments and quizzes totalling not more than 2,500 words in written work; one 2-hour written examination; one oral/aural perception test (maximum 30 minutes); one translation exercise (equivalent to not more than 1000 words in written work). Students are required to attend a minimum of 70 percent of all classes in order to be eligible to take the examinations.

Prescribed Texts

Texts are prepared and provided by staff.