This unit includes the knowledge, understandings and skills described Learning contexts and topics Unit 3 is organised around three learning contexts and a set of three topics. The placement of a topic under a particular learning context is intended to provide a specific perspective for the teaching and assessment of the topic. Learning contexts Topics The individual Students explore aspects of their personal world, aspirations, values, opinions, ideas, and relationships with others. They also study topics from the perspectives of other people. My life Students reflect on their home life and explore homestay experiences; including exchanging information about their personal and family profile, hobbies and interests. They describe typical rules and routines of home and school life. The Japanese-speaking communities Students explore topics from the perspectives of individuals and groups within those communities, or the communities as a whole, and develop an understanding of how culture and identity are expressed through language. Home life Students explore home-stay, typical rules, routines, family life, school activities, making contact with visitors and making arrangements to meet within Japanese-speaking communities. The changing world Students explore information and communication technologies and the effects of change and current issues in the global community. Daily life Students consider the life of young people and how they exchange information and opinions. Text types and textual conventions It is necessary for students to engage with a of text types. In school-based assessments, students are expected to respond to, and to produce, a range of text types in Japanese from the list below. account advertisement announcement article blog posting cartoon conversation description entry email film or TV program (excerpts) form image interview invitation itinerary journal letter map message note postcard review role-play script – speech, interview, dialogue sign table Refer to Appendix 2 for details of the features and conventions of the text types. Linguistic resources
Finite during the time (whilst) Finite quoting what someone said Finite quoting what someone thinks 5. Nai form structures From Function/use Base + expressing please don’t do something Base + advising one not to do something Base + expressing that you must do Base + expressing that you have to Base + indicating that you don't have to do something 6. Plain past form structures Form Function/use giving advice giving examples of actions within a context expressing alternative states expressing doing one action after another expressing your experience 7. Noun + structures Form Function/use Noun give to me (my group) give to another Noun receive from sequencing before Noun during the time, whilst Noun sequencing after Noun the time when Noun noun… called 8. Nominalisers Nominaliser Function/use nominalisation (the one) nominalisation 9. Adjectives and adverbs
blog posting cartoon chart conversation description diary entry interview invitation itinerary journal entry letter review role-play script – speech, interview, dialogue sign table Refer to Appendix 2 for details of the features and conventions of the text types. Linguistic resources Vocabulary Vocabulary, phrases and expressions associated with the unit content. Grammar Students will be expected to recognise and use the following grammatical items: 1. Stem of Masu form structures Form Function/use Stem + saying something is difficult to do Stem + saying something is easy to do Stem + indicating actions done simultaneously Stem + expressing how to do something 2. Te form structures Form Function/use doing an action or favour for me (my group) doing a favour for another receiving a favour 3. Finite form structures Form Function/use Finite conditional (when) Finite reporting what someone else said/hearsay Finite giving a comparison Finite asking a comparison question Finite indicating probability Finite indicating possibility Finite expressing intention