Level 1 Japanese
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms C. Fuller.
Students at this level will express and respond to information, ideas and opinions and communicate more confidently about themselves, and past, present and future events. An emphasis is made on interacting and communicating for authentic purposes. Throughout the course students will record interactions and collect written work to be submitted in portfolio form towards the end of the year. Students are expected to have mastered the ‘hiragana’ and ‘katakana’ scripts and will begin to study ‘kanji’ in more depth.
Recommended Entry Criteria
Year 10 Japanese or equivalent.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$30.00 Language Perfect Vocabulary online programme (recommended but not compulsory).
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Japanese 1.1 - Interact in spoken Japanese to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions
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Japanese 1.2 - Communicate in Japanese for a chosen purpose
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Japanese 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of written Japanese related to everyday contexts
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Japanese 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of spoken Japanese related to everyday contexts
Pathway Tags
Case Manager, Diplomat, Event Management, Flight Attendant, Foreign Policy Officer, Historian, Immigration Officer, Intelligence Officer, International Business, Interpreter, Journalist, Media, Private Teacher/Tutor, Secondary School Teacher, Tertiary Lecturer, Tourism, Tour Guide, Translator, Travel Agent/Adviser, Workplace Relations Adviser,