Year 8 Japanese Elective
ASSUMED BACKGROUND:Nil
SUBJECT CHARGES: Nil
CONTENT
This course is an extention for those students wanting to do a fiull year of Japanese in year 8.
Course content will be a selection of the following:
Language Conventions:
Students learn the conventions of Japanese language through multimodal resources, games, and interactions with peers. Students are supported to develop competency in reading and writing the three Japanese scripts (hiragana, katakana and kanji)) and understanding of how to make wide and varied sentences involving adjectives, nouns and verbs.
Cultural Differences:
Learning experiences are carefully selected to provide students with the opportunity to develop deep understanding of concepts underpinning Japanese society and culture. It is through this lens that students are empowered to understand and reflect on the differences between Japanese and their home cultures.
ASSESSMENT TYPES
Text analysis:
Students identify and explain knowledge from texts, using particle train structures.
Text production:
Students create texts to display knowledge of Japanese verbs and nouns, using particle train structures.
Vocabulary and Language Tests:
Students display their knowledge of language conventions of Hiragana and vocabulary.
