Sample course outline Japanese: Second Language General Year 11 – Unit 1 and Unit 2 Semester 1 (Teenagers) – Week Key teaching points Introduction Overview of the Japanese: Second Language course, unit and assessment requirements. Learning contexts and topics The individual About Students reflect on activities and events associated with their life, – including sharing and obtaining basic information from others related to personal identity, physical descriptions, family, friends, school routines and leisure time. Text types and textual conventions oral conventions associated with greetings and forms of address description, email, film/TV program (excerpts), interview, note, role-play, table. Linguistic resources Vocabulary introduce vocabulary related to the topic: About Grammar polite forms (verbs, adjectives and copula be’) ‘to topic marker, contrast existence, expressing abilities, expressing likes, dislikes, physical characteristics possessive (of, adjectival ‘s), destination (to, into, onto), indirect object, point of time, purpose direct object place of action, by means of (and so on) 1–6 (and), with person marker linking (and) (and then, after that). and writing systems Intercultural understandings common behaviours and practices related to interpersonal relationships e.g.greeting conventions, terms of address discuss traditional hobbies and interests school and friends e.g.politeness conventions, ways of showing affection, respect, turn-taking, gender relationships, friendship groups. Language learning and communication strategies discuss word order and sentence structure of Japanese use strategies for remembering kanji numbers, dates and times practise phrases use strategies to consolidate learning e.g.open-book concept, rote learning listen for gist. Dictionaries use a bilingual dictionary. Task 1: Response: Listening (Week 6) Task 2: Oral communication (Week 6)
Sample course outline Japanese: Second Language – General Year 11 Unit 1 and Unit 2 Semester 1 – (Teenagers) Week Key teaching points 1–6 Introduction Overview of the Japanese: Second Language course, unit and assessment requirements. Learning contexts and topics The individual – About Students reflect on activities and events associated with their life, including sharing and obtaining basic information from others related to personal identity, physical descriptions, family, friends, school routines and leisure time. Text types and textual conventions oral conventions associated with greetings and forms of address description, email, film/TV program (excerpts), interview, note, role-play, table. Linguistic resources Vocabulary introduce vocabulary related to the topic: About Grammar polite forms (verbs, adjectives and copula ‘to be’) topic marker, contrast existence, expressing abilities, expressing likes, dislikes, physical characteristics possessive (of, ‘s), adjectival destination (to, into, onto), indirect object, point of time, purpose direct object place of action, by means of (and so on) (and), with person marker linking (and) (and then, after that). and writing systems Intercultural understandings common behaviours and practices related to interpersonal relationships e.g.greeting conventions, terms of address discuss traditional hobbies and interests school and friends e.g.politeness conventions, ways of showing affection, respect, turn-taking, gender relationships, friendship groups. Language learning and communication strategies discuss word order and sentence structure of Japanese use strategies for remembering kanji numbers, dates and times practise phrases use strategies to consolidate learning e.g.open-book concept, rote learning listen for gist. Dictionaries use a bilingual dictionary. Task 1: Response: Listening (Week 6) Task 2: Oral communication (Week 6)
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