# Japanese/Practical Lessons/Syllabus
## Proposed Syllabus for Japanese Textbook/Practical Lessons

This syllabus is based on the following standard:
* State of California Foreign Language Teaching Standards
There exists a Lesson_Plan based on this syllabus.

## Stage I
### Function

Students develop the ability to understand and express:
* Greetings and introductions
* Counting
* Likes and dislikes
* Actions
* Ownership
* Simple requests and commands
* Simple questions (where, when, why, who, what)
* Statements about individuals
* General intent

### Level of Competency

Students will become competent to the following levels:
* Reading
** Hiragana, Katakana, 100 Kanji, 800 Words (JLPT N5 Kanji and Vocabulary)
** Identify the general intent of very short texts enhanced by visual clues:
*** Charts
*** Instructions
*** Maps
*** Menus
*** Photographs
*** Posters
*** Schedules
*** Signs
*** Short letters
* Writing
** Write Hiragana, Katakana, 100 Kanji
** Compose short sentences:
*** Notes
*** Poems
*** Postcards
*** Short letters
*** Shopping Lists
*** Todo Lists
* Listening and Speaking
** Understand short audio and/or video conversations
** Be able to speak in short and uncomplicated sentences.
** Even with some hesitation and errors, understand and speak the function items effectively.
* Grammar:
       See User:Retropunk/Japanese_Curriculum/Outline/Beginner_Lessons/Grammar for list of grammar to be mastered in this lesson.

### Topics

Possible topics include:
* Personal
** Family
** Friends
** Home
** Rooms
** Health
** School
** Hobbies
** Student life
** Shopping
** Clothes
** Pets and animals
* Abstract
** Schedules
** Prices
** Size and quantity
** Symbols
** Colors
** Numbers
** Days
** Dates
** Time
** Directions
** Weather and seasons
** Transportation
* Cultural
** Holidays and festivals
** Geography
** Monuments and places of interest
** Cultural and historical figures
** Food and customs
** Travel
** Professions and work

## Stage II
### Function

Students develop the ability to understand and express:
* Polite requests and commands
* Polite questions
* Needs
* Descriptions
* Comparisons
* Emotions
* Statements about groups
* Intent and general meaning

### Level of Competency

Students will be competent to the following levels:
* Reading
** Hiragana, Katakana, 300 Kanji, 1600 Words (JLPT N4 Kanji and Vocabulary)
** Identify the intent and general meaning of short texts:
** Advertisements
** Tickets
** Brochures
** Short narratives
* Writing
** Hiragana, Katakana, 300 Kanji
** Create simple paragraphs
** Letters and short guided compositions
* Listening
** Identify intent and general meaning of uncomplicated speech
** Understand polite questions, answers and commands
* Speaking
** Sentences and strings of sentences
** Polite questions, commands and requests
* Accuracy
** Understand and express intent and general meaning

### Topics

Possible topics include:
* Personal
** Family
** Friends
** Home
** Rooms
** Health
** School
** Hobbies
** Student life
** Shopping
** Clothes
** Pets and animals
* Abstract
** Schedules
** Prices
** Size and quantity
** Symbols
** Colors
** Numbers
** Days
** Dates
** Time
** Directions
** Weather and seasons
** Transportation
* Cultural
** Holidays and festivals
** Geography
** Monuments and places of interest
** Cultural and historical figures
** Food and customs
** Travel
** Professions and work

## Stage III
### Function

Students develop the ability to understand and express:
* Clarifications
* Opinions
* Narration in the present, past, and future
* Feelings and emotions
* Statements about abstract ideas
* Intent, meaning and important details

### Level of Competency

Students will be competent to the following levels:
* Reading
** Hiragana, Katakana, 700 Kanji, 3300 Words
** Identify the intent, meaning and important details of authentic texts:
** Articles
** Essays
** Japanese-Japanese Dictionary
** Japanese Wikipedia
** Poems
** Stories
* Writing
** Hiragana, Katakana, 700 Kanji
** Simple paragraphs
** Writing journals
** Letters
** essays
* Listening
** Identify intent and meaning and important details of carefully conveyed language
* Speaking
** Strings of related sentences
* Accuracy
* Understand and express intent, meaning and important details

### Topics

Possible topics include:
* Knowledge
** Art
** History
** Literature
** Music
** Science
* Cultural
** Current Affairs
** Civilisation
** Politics
** The Environment
** Social Issues
** Government
** Education System

## Stage IV
### Function

Students develop the ability to understand and express:
* Advice and suggestions
* Comparisons
* Contrasts
* Explanations
* Justification of an opinion or belief
* Information and knowledge

### Level of Competency

Students will be competent to the following levels:
* Reading
** Hiragana, Katakana, 1300 Kanji, 5000 Words (JLPT N2)
** Improve their reading using comprehensive, authentic texts
** Short books
** Poems
** Articles
** Japanese-Japanese Dictionary
** Japanese Wikipedia
* Writing
** Hiragana, Katakana, 1300 Kanji
** Series of paragraphs
** Journals
** Letters
** Essays
* Listening
** Understand most authentic spoken language well enough to expand speaking and listening ability
* Speaking
** Speaks well enough to expand speaking and listening ability
* Accuracy
** Can communicate well enough to expand and improve their abilities

### Topics

Possible topics include:
* Knowledge
** Art
** History
** Literature
** Music
** Science
* Cultural
** Current Affairs
** Civilisation
** Politics
** The Environment
** Social Issues
** Government
** Education System

## Stage V
### Function

Students develop the ability to understand and express:
* Transactions
* Negotiations
* Elaborate opinions
* Analysis and critiques
* Debates

### Level of Competency

Students will be competent to the following levels:
* Reading
** Hiragana, Katakana, 2000 Kanji, 8000 Words (JLPT N1)
** Full comprehension
* Writing
** Hiragana, Katakana, 2000 Kanji
** Writing is clear and fully comprehensible
* Listening
** Understand natural spoken Japanese
* Speaking
** Near fluent

### Topics

* Philosophical
** Human rights
* Knowledge
** Art
** History
** Literature
** Music
** Science
** Science
* Cultural
** Current Affairs
** Civilisation
** Politics
** The Environment
** Social Issues
** Government
** Education System