Year 10 Japanese - Full Year
10JPN Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Y. Yoda.
Recommended Prior LearningTo have success in the course, students will need to have studied Japanese in Year 9, have attained an equivalent level through previous study, or speak Japanese as their language of heritage.
Course Description:
In Year 10 Japanese, students build on what they have learnt in Year 9, expand their perspective to the surroundings and people around them and learn how to use Japanese to express their thoughts in relation to themselves and others. Reading and writing is getting more important as well as listening and speaking. You will also learn skills for understanding and expressing in Japanese what has happened in the past, what is happening now and what could happen in the future. It is desirable to have taken Japanese in Year 9, but students who have not previously studied Japanese will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Course Overview
Term 1
Year 9 revision (Unit 1-8)
Unit 9 My Family Tōku Whānau
How to introduce your own family members and someone else's family members.
How to introduce your family members with the information such as names, age and occupations.
How to describe their appearances (hear and eye colours, heights)
How to count people.
How to count small animals, big animals and birds
Present continuous いって います／すんで います
The Traditional Japanese View of the Family and cultural differences between New Zealand and Japan related to family tradition
Term 2
Unit 10 Going out
How to invite someone, offer something, suggest something and ask for suggestions.
How to order food at eating places.
Demonstrative words あれ これ それ
How to describe colours - i-adjectives
How to count clothes - counter まい、ほん、そく、
Universal counter - ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ
Term 3
Unit 11 My Place
How to say “there is/are” in Japanese. - verb あります
How to say rooms and spaces in school
How to describe places - “big” “small” “large” “tiny” etc - i-adjectives
location words - “up” “down” “left” “right” etc.
Two different types of adjectives - i-adjectives and na-adjectives
How to say shops like “bakery” “book store” “ butcher” etc. - vocabulary
Simple road direction
Counter - ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ / いっけん にけん さんげん
Cultural knowledge : Japanese houses and manners
Unit 12 My Dream Trip to Japan
Describing your holiday destination - more adjectives
Learning two different types of adjectives - いadjectives and なadjectives
Asking and responding to questions about your future plan - future tense
Asking and responding to questions about transport plan and budget - “かかります”
Asking and responding to questions about the schedule of your trip - more verbs -
でます つきます とまります etc.
Talking, asking and responding to questions about weather forecast - prediction
Getting to know some famous travel destinations in Japan.
Term 4
Unit 13 My Blog
Four sentence Types of Japanese - verb, いadjectives, なadjectives and noun sentences
Past forms of verbs, いadjectives, なadjectives.
How to type in Japanese on your devices.
Describing people including appearance, clothes and colours using てform.
Expressing ability, inability and ongoing actions/events.
Unit 14 showcasing skills - presentation
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
A4 Display Book at least 20 Pocket
IB5 or similar size of exercise book
Basic stationery - Pen or pencil (2B), Eraser, Glue stick, etc.