Year 13 japanese

Year 13 Japanese course leads you to use language variably and effectively to express and justify you own ideas and opinions, and support or challenge those of others. You are able to use and identify the linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation and enable you to respond critically to texts.

You will be required to listen to, to read and to comment in Japanese upon a wide variety of material, drawn from set courses. This material will focus on functional language which will enable you to communicate in Japanese with native speakers in New Zealand or in Japan. The vocabulary and grammatical structures required will be provided to you throughout the year.

Course content focuses on: 

• interacting flexibly in familiar social situations

• recognising fine detail in spoken and written text and drawing inference and conclusions from it

• using basic language patterns spontaneously and developing and supporting your point of view

• investigating issues of mutual interests to Japan and New Zealand.

To gain entry to this course, you must gain at least 14 credits in NCEA Level 2 Japanese. Other students may gain entry at the discretion of Mr Muroya – consultation is required.

NZQA Japanese Subject Resources

NZQA Japanese site

School Policy for NCEA Assessment

You should be aware of the school procedures for NCEA assessment.  They can be found on the school website at this link. There you will find answers to frequently asked questions about how NCEA works as well as guidance about how to apply for extensions, reconsiderations or the process for withdrawing from a standard.