Prerequisites
Minimum B results 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
| 私達の社会
Our society
| 私の将来
My future
|
Family/carers and friends
| Travel
| Roles and relationships
| Finishing secondary school, plans and reflections
|
Lifestyle and leisure
| Technology and media
| Socialising and connecting with my peers
| Responsibilities and moving on
|
Education
| The contribution of Japanese culture to the world
| 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% |