Westlake Boys High School Westlake Boys High School

Year 10 Japanese

10JPN
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs S. Cornelius.

Entry Criteria

This course is open entry for all students. Native or background speaker of Japanese are not permitted to enter the course.  


Year 10 Japanese

The Year 10 Japanese course has been designed to provide students with reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in Japanese at a basic level while learning and appreciating Japanese culture. Students will be developing lateral thinking and analytic abilities to provide a solid foundation for NCEA Level 1 Japanese. Cultural awareness and understanding is also developed through variety of different activities such as Japanese restaurant trip, cross-curricular project, trips to Japan and Japanese animation.

This year you will study the following topics: 

  • Hiragana consolidation 
  • Family
  • Describing people
  • Sports and interests
  • Education
  • Eating and drinking
  • Describing our daily routine

Assessment

Japanese is assessed through a range of project based assessments as well as formal assessments throughout the year. These marks contribute to the Mid-Year Examinations and End of Year Examinations.



Learning Areas:

Languages, Year 10 Elective (Group 3 Option), Year 10 Languages (Group 1 Option)


Pathway

Level 2 Japanese, Level 3 Japanese, Year 11 Japanese


Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs

As this course makes extensive use of digital learning material. It is expected that you will have a laptop or other suitable learning device available for each class when required. $52 course fee including cultural activities and Education Perfect.


Disclaimer

Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.