This unit includes the knowledge, understandings and skills described Learning contexts and topics Unit 3 is organised around three learning contexts and a set of three topics. The placement of a topic under a particular learning context is intended to provide a specific perspective for the teaching and assessment of the topic. Learning contexts Topics My life The individual Students reflect on their home life and explore homestay Students explore aspects of their personal world, experiences; including exchanging information about aspirations, values, opinions, ideas, and relationships their personal and family profile, hobbies and interests. with others. They also study topics from the perspectives They describe typical rules and routines of home and of other people. school life. Home life The Japanese-speaking communities Students explore home-stay, typical rules, routines, Students explore topics from the perspectives of family life, school activities, making contact with visitors individuals and groups within those communities, or the and making arrangements to meet within communities as a whole, and develop an understanding Japanese-speaking communities. of how culture and identity are expressed through language. Daily life The changing world Students consider the life of young people and how Students explore information and communication they exchange information and opinions. technologies and the effects of change and current issues in the global community. Text types and textual conventions It is necessary for students to engage with a of text types. In school-based assessments, students are expected to respond to, and to produce, a range of text types in Japanese from the list below. account email map advertisement film or TV program message (excerpts) announcement note form article postcard image blog posting review interview cartoon role-play invitation script speech, interview, – itinerary dialogue conversation journal sign description letter table entry Refer to Appendix 2 for details of the features and conventions of the text types. Linguistic resources
This unit includes the knowledge, understandings and skills described Learning contexts and topics Unit 3 is organised around three learning contexts and a set of three topics. The placement of a topic under a particular learning context is intended to provide a specific perspective for the teaching and assessment of the topic. Learning contexts Topics The individual Students explore aspects of their personal world, aspirations, values, opinions, ideas, and relationships with others. They also study topics from the perspectives of other people. My life Students reflect on their home life and explore homestay experiences; including exchanging information about their personal and family profile, hobbies and interests. They describe typical rules and routines of home and school life. The Japanese-speaking communities Students explore topics from the perspectives of individuals and groups within those communities, or the communities as a whole, and develop an understanding of how culture and identity are expressed through language. Home life Students explore home-stay, typical rules, routines, family life, school activities, making contact with visitors and making arrangements to meet within Japanese-speaking communities. The changing world Students explore information and communication technologies and the effects of change and current issues in the global community. Daily life Students consider the life of young people and how they exchange information and opinions. Text types and textual conventions It is necessary for students to engage with a of text types. In school-based assessments, students are expected to respond to, and to produce, a range of text types in Japanese from the list below. account advertisement announcement article blog posting cartoon conversation description entry email film or TV program (excerpts) form image interview invitation itinerary journal letter map message note postcard review role-play script – speech, interview, dialogue sign table Refer to Appendix 2 for details of the features and conventions of the text types. Linguistic resources
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