Prerequisites
Minimum B result for Semester one, Year 10 Japanese
Corequisites
N/A
Subject Description
Japanese provides students with opportunities to reflect on their understanding of a language, while also assisting in the effective negotiation of experiences and meaning across cultures and languages. Communicating with people from Japanese-speaking communities allows students to explore similarities between another language and their own to help foster intercultural understanding.
Weekly workload (hours)
4+ hours
Structure
私のくらし
My world
| 私達のまわり
Exploring our world
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私達の社会、文化とアイデンティティ
Our society; culture and identity
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私の現在と将来
My present; my future
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Topic 1: Family/carers and friends
| Topic 1: Travel and exploration
| Topic 1: Lifestyles and Leisure
| Topic 1: The present
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Topies 2: Peers
| Topic 2: Social Customs
| Topic 2: The arts, entertainment and sport
| Topies 2: Future choices
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Topic 2: Education
| Topic 3: Japanese influences around the world
| Topic 3: Groups in society
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Assessment
Schools devise assessments in Units 1 and 2 to suit their local context. In Units 3 and 4 students complete four summative assessments. The results from each of the assessments are added together to provide a subject score out of 100. Students will also receive an overall subject result (A-E).
Summative assessment
Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): Examination -
Short response
| 15%
| Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): Extended response
| 30% |
Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): Examination -
combination response
| 30% | Summative external assessment (EA): Examination -
combination response
| 25% |