Year 10 JAPANESE
ngā reo - LANGUAGES
Ko tōu reo, ko tōku reo, te tuakiri tangata. Tīhei uriuri, tīhei nakonako.
Learning a new language provides a means of communicating with people from another culture and exploring one’s own personal world. Languages are inseparably linked to the social and cultural contexts in which they are used. Languages and cultures play a key role in developing our personal, group, national, and human identities. Every language has its own ways of expressing meanings; each has intrinsic value and special significance for its users. - New Zealand Curriculum
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WHY STUDY JAPANESE AT YEAR 10?
Year 10 Japanese course will lead you to understand and construct simple texts using your knowledge of Japanese. You will be able to describe aspects of their own background and immediate environment.
What will I learn?
effective communication - the ability to talk to people in Japanese and to read and write the language with precision
expertise in language learning - knowledge about how to acquire an Asian language which does not use our alphabet
appreciation of another culture and another way of thinking
disciplined study methods - the ability to organise material and to work accurately.
What WILL I DO?
You will learn the Japanese language - speaking, listening, reading and writing and Japanese culture.
Topics Covered
Describing Yourself and Other People: family members(short form), parts of the body, colours, adjectives, clothes
Describing Daily Routine: one’s own daily routine, time expressions, particles
Weather: weather vocab, adjectives (affirmative and negative forms, tenses), weather forecast, leisure and pastime vocab
Shopping: shopping vocab, numbers 100 ~ 10,000, classifiers, conversation at shops, greetings in specific occasions
wHAT will I NEED?
Satisfactory completion of Year 9 Japanese or prior knowledge of the language.
How is this course assessed?
Topic-based tests assessing progress in each of the four language skills: speaking (speech and oral interaction), listening, reading and writing. There will be an investigation of an aspect of the culture of the Japanese language.
Formative and summative assessments take place throughout the year. You will be advised of due dates at the start of each term. The Junior Assessment Framework will be used for all summative assessments.
Assessment in the Junior School
The Junior Assessment Framework (JAF) is used to assess all students in Years 9 & 10. It is designed to measure and develop students’ thinking skills. It is based on SOLO taxonomy and has strong links to the NZ Curriculum levels. See the documents linked here for more information – one explains the JAF in a basic way and the other is the framework itself, which shows how the different levels of thinking are graded.
