Rutherford College Rutherford College

Year 9 Japanese

9JAP
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms A. Hsiao, Miss M. Chiba.

Recommended Prior Learning

This course is open entry.

Japanese

Curriculum Level:

The course is at level 1 and 2 of the NZ National Curriculum for the Languages Learning Area. 

 

Achievement Objectives:

The Achievement Objectives at this level are: Students can understand and use familiar expressions and everyday vocabulary. Students can interact in a simple way in supported situations.

 

 

Course Content: (Half Year)

This course involves: 

  • Greet and farewell people appropriately.
  • Introduce yourself and your friends. (Name, age, nationality, where you live, where you are from, telephone number, birthday etc)
  • Use the numbers 0 to 100.
  • Understand classroom instructions.
  • Cultural project about life in Japan.
  • Read and write Hiragana and some Kanji.

 

 

Assessments:

This course is assessed against the Achievement Objectives of the Curriculum

 Level 1. Student’s work can gain one of the following grades:

  • Not achieved
  • Achieved
  • Achieved with Merit 
  • Achieved with Excellence. 

 

Judgment is determined by the quality of work supplied as evidence and is measured against an assessment schedule with information clearly stated about what evidence is required and how a judgment will be made about that evidence. 

 

Assessment Plan: 

Topic 

Format of assessment

Assessment date

Weekly Hiragana tests

 

Hiragana, numbers, reading, writing

Written mini test

 

End of Term Test

 

 

Every week

 

Term 2 - Week 9

Self-introduction

Speaking Test

 

 

Term 2- Week 8

End of Semester test

 

              - Listening

              - Reading

              - Writing

Term 2 –Week 9


Learning Areas:

Language


Pathway

Year 10 Japanese

Career Pathways

Army Officer, Army Soldier, Historian, 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



			
					
					Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
										
There are no costs associated with this course.

Stationery Requirements:

1 1H4Exercise book 

1 1B5 Exercise book 

1 3B1 Exercise book