? Credit Points : 40  ? SCQF Level : 8  ? Acronym : LLC-2-JapB

Intensive course in kanji writing with modern Japanese language texts.

? Pre-requisites : A pass at 40% or above in Japanese 1. Students taking this course are normally required to take Japanese 2A concurrently.

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

• Japanese 2B (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Home subject area

Asian Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 12:10 13:00 Central Lecture Tuesday 12:10 13:00 Central Lecture Wednesday 12:10 13:00 Central Lecture Thursday 12:10 13:00 Central

To equip students with the necessary reading and writing skills to continue their study of Japanese language and culture at a Japanese university by:
-enabling them to read and write over 500 kanji characters -familiarizing them with kanji in context by reading and translating texts
-providing practice in written self-expression in Japanese
-encouraging them to develop general reading skills in Japanese
-introducing them to the cultural background to Japan and developing their critical knowledge of Japanese Studies

Frequent exercises. 1 class exam 15% (S1); 1 report (S1) 5%; 1 essay (S2) 10%; frequent kanji tests and kanji portfolio 20%; 1 degree exam 55%.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 3 hour(s) 1ST May 1 - 3 hour(s) 2ND August 1 - 3 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mr David Horn
Tel : (0131 6)50 4227
Email : david.horn@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Ian Astley
Tel : (0131 6)51 1358
Email : Ian.Astley@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.asianstudies.ed.ac.uk/pages/jp_home.htm

School Website : http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/