Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact:	Peter Hendriks

Description

Japanese is the national language of Japan, a nation that is not only one of Australia's major trading partners, but is also a country with which many young Australians have deep personal ties. Japanese is the most popular foreign language in Australian schools and universities and the depth of the ties between Australia and Japan mean that knowledge of the language will be a valuable asset for many years to come. Studying Japanese as a minor can have many linguistic and cultural benefits that reach well beyond the classroom.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test.

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Japanese language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves confidently in a polite, neutral or informal register, appropriate to the genre and the audience.
2. read, comprehend and infer authors’ meaning in newspapers, magazines, and literary texts in Japanese.
3. engage with authentic media such as television news broadcasts, movies, short stories and novels by summarizing, analysing, evaluating and criticizing their content.
4. write texts in Japanese in the appropriate genre, with correct grammatical structures and thematic vocabulary relevant to the level of the student
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Japanese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units from the following course list:

JPNS1012            Spoken Japanese 1
JPNS1013            Spoken Japanese 2
JPNS1014            Written Japanese A
JPNS1015            Written Japanese B
JPNS2009            Japanese Lexicon
JPNS2012            Spoken Japanese 3
JPNS2013            Spoken Japanese 4
JPNS2014            Written Japanese C
JPNS2015            Written Japanese D
JPNS2024            Japanese Grammar
JPNS2525            In Country Japanese course
JPNS3005            Advanced Japanese: Issues in Contemporary Japan
JPNS3006            Advanced Japanese: Language in Context
JPNS3007            Advanced Japanese: Readings in Culture and Society
JPNS3008            Advanced Japanese: Readings in Literature
JPNS3012            Teaching Japanese: Content
JPNS3013            Japanese  English Translation
JPNS3014            Teaching Japanese: Method
JPNS3018            Readings in Japanese A
JPNS3019            Readings in Japanese B
JPNS3020            Readings in Japanese C
JPNS3021            Readings in Japanese D
JPNS3023            Advanced Readings in Japanese History
JPNS3024            Advanced Readings in Japanese Law
JPNS3025            Advanced Readings in Science and Technology
JPNS3026            Advanced Readings in Japanese: International Relations and Politics                           JPNS3027            Advanced Readings in Japanese Economy
JPNS3102            Japanese Seminar A
JPNS3103            Japanese Seminar B

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.