3 Japanese
Course Description
Learning Area Leader: Ms A. Mansfield.
Explore the Japanese language and culture whilst continuing to develop your communicative competence to a high level.
Skills/content you will cover in this course
Express and justify ideas using a wide range of vocabulary and language structures
Interpret written and aural texts
Converse with others with increasing fluency
Topics include traditions and culture of Japan, future plans and work, and current affairs in Japan.
Skills you need to be successful in this course - resilience, critical thinking, communication and collaboration, assessing and analysing information
This course is useful for or will lead to - you can study languages at university as either a major or minor subject. Knowing a second language is very useful for a wide range of careers, such as business, education, tourism, government, translation and interpretation and journalism.
Recommended Prior Learning
Level 2 Japanese
Additional Course Specific Contributions & Equipment/Stationery
Language specific e-learning lesson & homework tool to assist and reinforce lessons. (Annual Education Perfect cost of $25 per language subscription)
Additional language specific stationery items required for this course include
1B5 Exercise Book 7mm Ruled 40 Leaves
A4 Display Book Insert Cover 60 Pocket Green
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.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Japanese 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Japanese texts
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Japanese 3.3 - Interact clearly using spoken Japanese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations
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Japanese 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Japanese texts
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Japanese 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Japanese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 21
Learners must achieve this assessment in order to count towards the 14 credits needed for University Entrance.
Disclaimer
Please note that course assessment and costs/equipment may change.