110-142 Japanese 1B

Students who have had some prior experience with the language may not enrol unless they have taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester.

Japanese 1A or equivalent.

This is the beginners post-introductory level subject. It provides students with further expressions to facilitate clarity of expression and ability to manage daily life in Japan smoothly. Students will learn a further 150 basic kanji (Chinese characters) which are essential to basic reading. Through learning these additional kanji, students will be equipped with meta-cognitive awareness of kanji, which promote further kanji learning. Students are also introduced to further aspects of Japanese culture which influences its language use. Their Japanese acquisition will be also assisted by independent learning in computer-assisted language learning and language laboratory use.

A 2-hour final examination; and assignments, quizzes, oral and listening tests totalling 6000 words.

Additional materials may be supplied by the Institute.

• Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Yookoso! An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. 2nd edn, 1999.
• Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Yookoso! Continuing with Contemporary Japanese. 2nd edn, 1999.