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Furbob:
Already posted something similar in the VCE general


--- Quote from: Furbob on May 07, 2010, 06:17:38 pm ---A question - I'm planning try out for japanese extension studies @ Caulfield for next year,
whilst doing 5 subjects (eng, methods, accounting, chem (maybe swap to further because i plan to drop spesh), jap) but im wondering - how big is the workload?

I've heard it can be quite massive but what does it literally consist of/how long does it take?
I feel very passionate about the subject and do really well but will the workload cause an impact on everything else? :\

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to those who have done it
-what consists in the workload? textbook work? many-an-essays?
-whats the most difficult part of the course? mainly ROTE learning?

RavenclawNerd:
Hey, are you talking about the Monash Uni Enhancement Program? 'Cause thats what I'm doing...
Now I'm facing a dilema, because I dont want to go on about that, if you're talking about something completely different... ha ha ha.

IntoTheNewWorld:
My friend did extension Jap and 3/4 Jap simultaneously last year. At the start it's basically the same as VCE, then eventually you do stuff slightly harder. There's a bit of Kanji/Vocab learning but If you're Chinese you'll be fine.

However, the exams are apparently much easier than VCE Japanese from what I hear. For example, for the listening, you get a mini written transcript of a dialogue, with gaps. You then listen and fill in the gaps, with them stopping and repeating the words in the gap. So you don't actually need to know what the word in the gap is...And most of the students seem to finish in half (or less?) of the time given.

Furbob:
that sounds good. Well im actually half chinese so that gives me half...asian...superpowers? XD
but seriously, I do have quite a lot of kanji under my belt since ive been back into trying to cover JLPT 3 (and few in 2) seriously this year. I'm already very familiar with more than whats required of japanese VCE kanji

@Raven - yeah, Monash Uni Enhancement @ Caulfield

question - for the placement test, what does it consist of like MC, kanji recognition, listening, writing...? :O
and is your workload manageable?
my friend who did it 2~3 yrs ago needed a tutor but then again back then they had native japanese in the classes and she was doing 3/4 at the same time

RavenclawNerd:
youll be fine with your asian super powers! a few people in my class have them too, and ace all their kanji tests and stuff... i feel so jealous...

the placement test was pretty easy... i managed to pass it while severely jetlagged, without studying... First we had the conversation test, which was just talking to the teacher (it didnt go very long, it was just pretty much a self introduction and talking about holidays and stuff). then there was a written test where we had to write the kanji that went in the gaps. And then i think we had to write an essay. I should remember this better... it was only a couple of months ago.

my workload... im doing 6 subjects this year (including uni jap), so it gets a little tough sometimes, but it doesnt require that much work (compared to other VCE subjects). Having said that, I'm not really aceing it or anything...
We have a kanji/vocab test every 2 or 3 weeks (30 kanji and 30 vocab usually). So far this year we have learnt 65 grammar patterns and 150 kanji (yeah, we counted). Its a big step from 3/4 jap (because the lessons are all in japanese), but it has made my 3/4 Jap a lot easier...

I havent had my listening exam yet (its on Tuesday... ahhhh!), but I'm pretty sure it will be like SmRandmAzn said... theres also part of it where you have to answer questions about the dialogue... thats quite a bit harder then the dictation.

Anyways, I highly reccommend it... I've been having a great time there (although it is a little hard having to leave school early to get there, and not get home until 9.30)

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