Japanese Beginners

 Japanese Beginners is a 20 credit Stage 2 subject that can contribute towards your NTCET and ATAR. The course is structured around "The Personal World" and "Japanese-speaking communities". This involves topics such as family life, friends, places of interest, future plans, career aspirations, education and work. A wide vocabulary revolving around these topics is covered and formal Japanese is primarily studied. The school assessment component weighs 70%. The interaction assessment type consists of interacting and presenting in spoken Japanese. The text production assessment type consists of writing in and responding to texts written in Japanese. The text analysis assessment type consists of analysing and interpreting written and spoken texts. The external assessment weighs 30% and consists of a written and oral examination.