Sample course outline Japanese: First Language ATAR Year 12 – Unit 3 and Unit 4 Semester 1 Week Key teaching points Introduction Overview of the Japanese: First Language course and assessment requirements Theme: The individual and the community Students examine the relationship between individuals and groups, exploring changing attitudes towards family and gender groups. Contemporary issues (Week 1–2) the family in contemporary society (Week 3–5) the impact of a changing society on the individual (Week 6–7) gender roles in today’s society 1–7 and text types: spoken, written and visual texts Grammar read and write and recognise in texts kyoiku kanji joyo kanji grammar appropriate to the theme and contemporary issues Dictionaries use monolingual and/or bilingual dictionaries Task 1: Response: Viewing and reading Read two texts in Japanese and respond in Japanese or – English. a letter of approximately 700 in Japanese. Task 2: Writing in Japanese – ji Theme: Youth culture Students examine the role of young people in society, taking into account social and educational perspectives. Contemporary issues (Week 8–10) pressures on young people today (Week 11–13) the place of education in young people’s lives (Week 14–15) the role of leisure in a young person’s world Texts and text types: spoken, written and visual texts 8–15 Grammar read and write and recognise in texts kyoiku kanji joyo kanji grammar appropriate to the theme and contemporary issues Dictionaries use monolingual and/or bilingual dictionaries Task 3: Response: Listening Listen to one text in Japanese of approximately three minutes in – length and respond in English. Then listen to two texts and write an article of approximately 300 in ji Japanese. Examination week 16 Task 4: Semester 1 examination A representative sample of the syllabus content, reflecting the – ATAR Year 12 examination design brief Semester 2
Sample course outline Japanese: First Language – ATAR Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Semester 1 Week Key teaching points 1–7 Introduction Overview of the Japanese: First Language course and assessment requirements Theme: The individual and the community Students examine the relationship between individuals and groups, exploring changing attitudes towards family and gender groups. Contemporary issues the family in contemporary society (Week 1–2) the impact of a changing society on the individual (Week 3–5) gender roles in today’s society (Week 6–7) and text types: spoken, written and visual texts Grammar read and write kyoiku kanji and recognise joyo kanji in texts grammar appropriate to the theme and contemporary issues Dictionaries use monolingual and/or bilingual dictionaries Task 1: Response: Viewing and reading – Read two texts in Japanese and respond in Japanese or English. Task 2: Writing in Japanese – a letter of approximately 700 ji in Japanese. 8–15 Theme: Youth culture Students examine the role of young people in society, taking into account social and educational perspectives. Contemporary issues pressures on young people today (Week 8–10) the place of education in young people’s lives (Week 11–13) the role of leisure in a young person’s world (Week 14–15) Texts and text types: spoken, written and visual texts Grammar read and write kyoiku kanji and recognise joyo kanji in texts grammar appropriate to the theme and contemporary issues Dictionaries use monolingual and/or bilingual dictionaries Task 3: Response: Listening – Listen to one text in Japanese of approximately three minutes in length and respond in English. Then listen to two texts and write an article of approximately 300 ji in Japanese. 16 Examination week Task 4: Semester 1 examination – A representative sample of the syllabus content, reflecting the ATAR Year 12 examination design brief Semester 2
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