3LJPN

NCEA Level 3 Japanese

Course Description

Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mrs P. McMillan.

Learning a language provides many opportunities for critical, creative and logical thinking.

Students will

  • become more independent learners as they manage their own programs using a range of resources
  • be able to respond critically to more complex and varied texts and share and justify their own ideas and opinions as well as explore the views of others.
  • be able to analyse how the language is organised in different texts and for different purposes and how it expresses cultural meanings.
  • be able to guess unfamiliar language from its use in context and have some understanding of authentic material in supported situations.

Topics covered are:

Leisure

Land and People

Travel and Tourism


Assessment: 

Minimum of 3 standards worth 15 credits

2 Internally assessed standards : 3.2 Oral presentation and 3.5 Writing 

and a choice of 1 externally assessed standards  either  3. 1 Listening and 3.4 Reading


Possibility of  4 week immersion stay with our future sister school in Fukuoka during the Christmas break at the end of Y13.

Recommended Prior Learning

Achievement in Year 12 Japanese in Reading, Writing and Speaking 

Pathway

You cannot enroll in Y13 Japanese course without any prior knowledge or study of the Japanese language. Any dispensation must be discussed with Head of faculty - Kaihautuu.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 18
Internal Assessed Credits: 8
External Assessed Credits: 10
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91553 v2
NZQA Info

Japanese 3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Japanese texts


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91554 v1
NZQA Info

Japanese 3.2 - Give a clear spoken presentation in Japanese that communicates a critical response to stimulus material


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91556 v1
NZQA Info

Japanese 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and/or visual Japanese texts


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91557 v1
NZQA Info

Japanese 3.5 - Write a variety of text types in clear Japanese to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 18
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.