Tauranga Boys’ College Tauranga Boys’ College

11 Japanese

11JPN
Course Description

Teacher in Charge:

Prerequisites

Year 10 Japanese


Te Punga Japanese is a language acquisition course designed for students to learn to talk about themselves and their immediate environment (family, friends, school, home, etc). Students use a range of simple Japanese language and expressions to convey information, ideas and opinions. They learn to read and write the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets and are exposed to an elementary range of Kanji characters. 





Course Overview

Term 1
Topics:
Family and Friends
Describing People
Bodies and Health
Te Punga Assessment 1 (Presentation - 10%)

Term 2
Topics:
Our house
Daily Activities

Te Punga Assessment 2 (Writing - 20%)
Te Punga Practice Assessment (LIstening and Reading)

Term 3
Topics:
Eating and Drinking
The Weather
Leisure Time

Te Punga Assessment 3 (Writing - 20%)
Te Punga Practice Assessment (LIstening and Reading)

Term 4
Examination Revision
Te Punga Assessment 4 (LIstening and Reading 50%)

Learning Areas:

Languages


Assessment Information

Paper Description Type Weighting
Paper 11JPN1 Presentation Internal 10.00%
Paper 11JPN2 Writing 1 Internal 20.00%
Paper 11JPN3 Writing 2 Internal 20.00%
Paper 11JPN4 Examination Internal 50.00%
Pathway

Japanese 2

Career Pathways

Speech-Language Therapist, Historian, Audiologist/Audiometrist, Flight Attendant, Counsellor, Minister of Religion, Trainer, Journalist, Interpreter, Musician, Editor, Corrections Officer, Data Entry Operator/Transcriptionist, Foreign Policy Officer, Radio Presenter, Workplace Relations Adviser, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Importer/Exporter, Immigration Officer, Kaiwhakaako Māori, Translator



			
					
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