IB Japanese AB initio year 1
Target and requirement:
Grade 11
Zero to one year experience of studying Japanese
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Language ABInitio course is designed for students to further their linguistic skills in Japanese, or for students to learn Japanese for the first time. This course focuses on communications through the use of the Japanese language. It aims to develop the four primary language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing through oral and written language. During the course, students will interact and become familiar with aspects of the everyday life and culture of the Japanese speaking world. This ensures that the appropriate emphasis is placed on communication.
This course is designed around three main areas; language, texts, and cultural awareness. Within language, special attention is given to the four primary language skills; accuracy and fluency, and the areas of vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and intonation. The variety of texts, spoken and written, is adapted to suit the needs of beginner students. Furthermore, cultural awareness is presented through the aspects of the everyday lives of the Japanese speaking people; such as their customs, eating habits, non-verbal behavior, attitudes, traditions, fashion, and folklore.
Resources:
Genki 1 and 2 textbook
Genki 1 and 2 workbook
Japanese movies
Youtube clips and internet websites
Students will need:
Notebook and stationary
Main assignments and exercises:
1)workbook
2)basic conversation
3)to master basic grammar
4)to master 105 characters of Kanji (must be able to write and read 77 characters of 105)
5)Kanji/vocabulary testing
6)to master Hiragana and Katakana (must be able to write and read)
Grading:
Quarter Test 27%, Wednesday test 18%, Participation 10%, Reading/writing 20%, Kanji test 5%, Vocabulary test 5%, Listening/speaking 10%, Knowledge/culture 5%
COURSE OUTLINE:
The topics will include many areas of everyday life in the Japanese speaking world from Japan. These topics will include:
1)Daily routines 2)Education 3)Food and drink
4)Personal details, appearance and character 5)Physical health 6)Relation ships 7)Shopping 8)Employment 9)Entertainment 10)Holidays 11)Media 12)Sport 13)Technology 14)Transport 15)Environmental concerns 16)Global issues
17)Neighborhood 18)Physical geography 19)Town and services 20)Weather
IB ASSESSMENTS:
Individual oral presentation (internal assessment)
Written assignment 400 – 600 letters (External assessment)
Paper 1 – Text-handling exercises (IB final exam)
Paper 2 – Compulsory writing exercises (IB final exam)
Schedule: (r/w — reading and writing, g/c — grammar and conversation)
August — Genki 1 r/w Chapter 1 g/c Chapter 1
Welcome Japanese field trip, Hiragana, numbers, time, telephone number, particleの, X is Y
September – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 2 g/c Chapter 2-3
Katakana, bigger numbers, これ/それ/あれ, この/その/あの, whose~, particleも, X is not Y, verb (present), particleをでにへ, frequency, invitation
October — Genki 1 r/w Chapter 3 g/c Chapter 3-4
Kanji (15 letters for reading and writing), there is~, X is in front of/on/in Y
November – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 4 g/c Chapter 4-5
Kanji (13 letters for reading and writing, 1 letter for reading), past, verb (past), particleも with other particles, adjective (present and past), like/dislike, let’s~
December – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 5 g/c Chapter 5
Kanji (10 letters for reading and writing, 2 letters for reading)
January – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 6 g/c Chapter 6-7
Kanji (9 letters for reading and writing, 6 letters for reading), てform of verbs, please~, can I~? You can not~, connecting sentence using てform, reason, shall I~?, present continuous, describing people
February – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 7 g/c Chapter 7-8
Kanji (9 letters for reading and writing, 4 letters for reading), てform of adjectives, counting people, purpose for going, short form (present), I think~
March – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 8 g/c Chapter 8-9
Kanji (9 letters for r/w, 3 letters for reading), someone said~, please do not~, I like ~ing, particleが, some/any thing, short form (past), reason 2, someone doing~ is~, already/yet, counting general objects
April – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 9 g/c Chapter 9
Kanji (7 letteers for reading and writing, 8 letters for reading)
May – Genki 1 r/w Chapter 10 g/c Chapter 10
Kanji (5 letters for reading and writing, 4 letters for reading), comparison, adjective/noun+の, intend to~, becoming, particleで (transport)
June — Fun
Cooking etc.
