Japanese Level 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss K. Takeda.
This course builds on the skills and knowledge that has been learned in previous years. More advanced language is learned for various functions. The topics covered are current/social issues, history, religions, and traveling (geography and geology).
Course Overview
Term 1
Compare and contrast people, places and things
Describe people, places, things and experiences
Recognise and respond to descriptions of how something is done
Describe how something is done
Recognise, ask about and express purpose
Recognise and respond to descriptions of a sequence of activities and events
Describe activities and events in sequence
Report what someone said or wrote
Recognise gift-giving conventions, including the use of formal, polite language
Recognise, ask about, and express probability and uncertainty
Term 2
Recongnise and express decisions
Make and respond to requests for something to be done
Recognise and talk about doing something for someone
Give, seek and receive advice
Recognise and talk about advantages, disadvantages and reasons
Recognise, ask about, and express the doubt, possibility, probability, or uncertainty of actions and events
Recognise, ask about and express the ability or inability to do something
Recognise, ask about and talk about actions or events that are conditional upon other actions or events
Interpret selected and adapted media items
Describe actions and states of being using appropriate transitive and intransitive verbs
Term 3
Revisit and consolidate all the language learned in the 5-year NCEA course
Term 4
Revisit and consolidate all the language learned in the 5-year NCEA course
Recommended Prior Learning
Achievement of: 13 credits in Level 2 Japanese, including passes in 2.4 (Reading) and 2.5 (Writing).
Pathway
You will need to sit the placement test which each University writes. If you have completed NCEA Level 3 Japanese with Excellence, you will be in a good position to take Stage 2 Japanese papers without studying Stage 1 papers. Please ask the Head of the Department of the university you are going to study at.
Assessment Information
Students who study Level 3 Japanese can attempt all the five NCEA Level 3 Japanese standards.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Japanese 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Japanese texts
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Japanese 3.2 - Give a clear spoken presentation in Japanese that communicates a critical response to stimulus material
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Japanese 3.3 - Interact clearly using spoken Japanese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations
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Japanese 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Japanese texts
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Japanese 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Japanese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 24
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Possibilities
Case Manager, Diplomat, Event Management, Flight Attendant, Foreign Policy Officer, Historian, Immigration Officer, Intelligence Officer, International Business, Interpreter, Journalist, Media, Private Teacher/Tutor, Secondary School Teacher, Tertiary Lecturer, Tourism, Tour Guide, Translator, Travel Agent/Adviser, Workplace Relations Adviser,