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What you need to know:
Open to students in grades 10, 11 or 12
You will learn:
To fingerspell
Signs for everyday use
To have conversations in ASL
About Deaf culture
What you need to know:
Unit themes for grade 10 include: driving, environmental citizenship, consumerism and cinema.
French 10 continues to build on the vocabulary and grammatical structures studied in Grade 9.
What you need to know:
German 10 is an introduction to the language. No language knowledge or background is required.
There will be a variety of different themes which are explored with a “hands- on” approach.
The themes are project centred, which allows students to express themselves and understand people in different contexts.
Students will explore the themes of “Me & My Family”, “My hobbies”, “School”, and “My Community”, and gain skills to interact in discussions and compose narrative and descriptive texts in those contexts.
What you need to know:
Japanese 10 is an introduction to the Japanese language.
The main focus is on oral and written communication.
Listening with understanding is also stressed.
One of the Japanese writing systems, Hiragana, will be introduced.
Students will also learn some Kanji characters (pictographic, Chinese characters).
The vocabulary acquired in the course will be written in Hiragana.
The cultural component of the course will deal with everyday social communication and etiquette.
Various culturally related activities such as origami, learning songs, cooking, and crafts will be introduced to stimulate an interest in Japanese culture.
What you need to know:
French 20 introduces new verb tenses, as well as building on the knowledge developed through French 9 & 10.
Themes that may be covered include: self-knowledge, media and advertising and travel.
What you need to know:
German 20 is organized like German 10. It is a "hands-on”, project centered course
where students study different themes to be able to express themselves indifferent contexts. Students will explore the themes of “Holidays &Vacations”, “Fashion & Style”, “Food", and “Advertising”, creating dialogues, videos and other projects to demonstrate learning outcomes.
What you need to know:
Japanese 20 is the natural extension of Japanese 10.
The main focus continues to be oral and written communication and listening with understanding at an intermediate level.
The use of Hiragana increases and becomes more complex with the introduction of more complex grammar.
Another writing system, Katakana, will be introduced and continued development of Kanji writing will be stressed.
The cultural component of the course deals with situations in daily life in Japan.
Additional culturally related activities are included in the course.
What you need to know:
French 30 introduces the subjunctive verb tense while continuing to build on knowledge acquired through French 9, 10, 20.
The themes used to develop vocabulary, conversation and written skills include: languages and cultures of the world, racism, personal independence.
Prerequisite: German 20
What you need to know:
German 30 exploresthemes and contexts again witha“hands-on”, project centred approach.
Students learn to articulate their thoughts and feelings in different contexts with greater sensitivity and sophistication.
Students will explore the themes of “Fairy Tales”, “Historical Events”, “Advertising & Film”, and have the opportunity to gain their German Language Diploma A2 level.
What you need to know:
Japanese30 takes oral and written communication to a more advanced level and deals, in particular, with complex everyday expressions.
The students will continue to learn more Japanese writing, focusing on the development of their Kanji writing.
The cultural component of the course focuses on understanding and developing flexibility and sensitivity in the cultural differences between Canada and Japan.