This is an option subject.

Course Length: Full Year

Teacher in Charge: Beate Starke (STK)

In this course, students will learn to communicate in Japanese about teenage life, including school, travel, friendships, and leisure. Students will become more confident with the Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji scripts.

Through this course, students will develop the core skills for learning languages: listening, reading, communicating through writing and speaking, and presenting.

COURSE COSTS

There is a $25 per student course contribution as part of this course.  This covers the cost of various in-class activities, and the amount will be confirmed in 2026.

There may also be the opportunity for a trip to a Japanese restaurant - the approximate cost of this is $20 (to be confirmed in 2026).

ACADEMIC COURSE OUTLINE

The following standards will be offered throughout this course:

Achievement Standard 91956 v3 Japanese 1.1 - Interact in spoken Japanese to share and respond to information, ideas, and opinions

Internal Assessment, worth 5 credits

Achievement Standard 91957 v3 Japanese 1.2 - Communicate in Japanese for a chosen purpose

Internal Assessment, worth 5 credits

Achievement Standard 91958 v3 Japanese 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of written Japanese related to everyday contexts

External Assessment, worth 5 credits

Achievement Standard 91959 v3 Japanese 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of spoken Japanese related to everyday contexts

External Assessment, worth 5 credits

Total credits available for this course: 20 NCEA Level 1 credits

This course is endorsable