Students must have completed Level 2 Japanese. Exceptions may be made in consultation with the HOL.
It is strongly recommended that students are able to read hiragana and katakana, as well as recognise and understand Level 1 and 2 kanji.
The purpose of this course is to further develop your everyday communication skills in Japanese, both written and spoken. You will be able to expand on what you learned in Year 12 Japanese. You will deepen your understanding of Japanese to be able to understand and talk about unfamiliar topics.
Topics will include careers, education and student life, nature and the environment, and life in Japan.
Students will complete two internal assessments and one external assessment. The internals focus on:
writing in Japanese, presenting in spoken and/or written Japanese
The external focuses on reading texts written in Japanese and answering questions in English.
Students are required to have a 1B5 or equivalent, an L-shaped pocket, a pen/pencil and highlighters