Japanese

Content

This course aims to develop students’ ability to read, speak, and write in Japanese and to introduce them to aspects of Japanese life and culture.

Topics may include:

• Japan and Japanese-speaking countries
• Japanese customs, culture and geography
• Common social interactions
• Family and home life
• Descriptive writing
• Understanding, practising and analysing language systems, including grammatical patterns, tenses, word order, spelling, polite form, dialects, linguistic features and meta-language.

Assessment

 Students are assessed as they read, write, listen and speak Japanese. Understanding of language structure and culture is also assessed. Assessment items include role-plays, oral presentations, posters, maps, letters and creative writing.

Additional Information

The purchase of a Japanese/English Dictionary is not essential but is recommended.