(a) further aquisition of approximately 1000 vocabulary and kanji

(b) increased familiarity with essential expressions and grammar

(c) reading comprehension and reading strategies

(d) composition

(e) greater interaction with real-world written Japanese materials

Students successfully completing Written Japanese D will have mastered a large body of commonly used vocabulary, kanji and expressions. They will have developed strong reading strategies to help cope with unfamiliar texts, be able to read easy real-world materials with a dictionary and will have mastered the basic elements of Japanese composition. Students successfully completing this course should be at or around the equivalent of Levels 2 or 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency test.

In-class tests (8): 25%; Take-home writing tests (3): 25%; Tutorial assignments: 10%; Final Exam: 40%

Four hours per week

Spoken Japanese 3 (JPNS2012) and Written Japanese C (JPNS2014). Concurrent enrolment in, or previous completion of, Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013)

JPNS6015

Kamada, O. et.al., Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced, Japan Times, 1998

Arai, R. et.al., Authentic Japanese: Progressing form Intermediate to Advanced (workbook), Japan Times, 2006

Makino & Tsutsui, A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar,  Japan Times, 1995

Makino & Tsutsui, A Dictionary of basic Japanese Grammar, Japan Times, 1989