Sample course outline Japanese: Background Language ATAR Year 11 – Semester 1 Week Key teaching points Issue: Young people and their relationships Students will consider their relationships with family, their connections with friends and the influence of international popular youth culture on young people. Perspectives individual identity Personal: connections with Japanese-speaking communities locally, regionally and worldwide Community: connections with the world as a global citizen International: Contexts and texts Social and community settings Contemporary literature and the Arts Media Linguistic resources Grammar grammar appropriate to the issues and perspectives (refer to Appendix 3) refer to character list (Appendix 4) 1–6 Intercultural understandings the role of family and friends in the Japanese-speaking communities and in the wider Australian community individual identity within the family and friendship groups the nature of language and culture and identity Language learning and communication strategies use strategies to maintain conversation organise spoken discourse monitoring comprehension, seeking clarification of spoken texts inferring, guessing meaning from key structures, visual cues, context using known information Dictionaries use a monolingual and/or a bilingual print dictionaries and/or character dictionaries Task 1: Oral communication Task 2: Responding to texts: Spoken Issue: Traditions and values in a contemporary society Students will consider how the traditions and values of Japanese-speaking communities are maintained in multicultural environments and in a changing society. Perspectives individual identity Personal: 7–12 connections with Japanese-speaking communities locally, regionally and worldwide Community: connections with the world as a global citizen International: Contexts and texts Social and community settings Contemporary literature and the Arts
Sample course outline Japanese: Background Language – ATAR Year 11 Semester 1 Week Key teaching points 1–6 Issue: Young people and their relationships Students will consider their relationships with family, their connections with friends and the influence of international popular youth culture on young people. Perspectives Personal: individual identity Community: connections with Japanese-speaking communities locally, regionally and worldwide International: connections with the world as a global citizen Contexts and texts Social and community settings Contemporary literature and the Arts Media Linguistic resources Grammar grammar appropriate to the issues and perspectives (refer to Appendix 3) refer to character list (Appendix 4) Intercultural understandings the role of family and friends in the Japanese-speaking communities and in the wider Australian community individual identity within the family and friendship groups the nature of language and culture and identity Language learning and communication strategies use strategies to maintain conversation organise spoken discourse monitoring comprehension, seeking clarification of spoken texts inferring, guessing meaning from key structures, visual cues, context using known information Dictionaries use a monolingual and/or a bilingual print dictionaries and/or character dictionaries Task 1: Oral communication Task 2: Responding to texts: Spoken 7–12 Issue: Traditions and values in a contemporary society Students will consider how the traditions and values of Japanese-speaking communities are maintained in multicultural environments and in a changing society. Perspectives Personal: individual identity Community: connections with Japanese-speaking communities locally, regionally and worldwide International: connections with the world as a global citizen Contexts and texts Social and community settings Contemporary literature and the Arts