IB Japanese AB initio year 2
Target and requirement:
Grade 12
Experience of studying IB Japanese AB initio year 1
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)intermediate conversation
3)to master intermediate grammar
4)to master 160 characters of Kanji (must be able to write and read 80 characters of 160)
5)writing in student’s diary
6)Kanji/vocabulary testing
7)to keep a file on the information of the topic that will be made a speech as Individual Oral
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)The Individual 2)Education and Work 3)Town and Services 4)Food and Drink 5)Leisure and Travel 6)The Environment 7)Health and Emergencies
IB ASSESSMENTS:
Individual oral presentation (internal assessment)
Interactive oral activity (internal assessment)
Written component (IB final exam)
Schedule:
August and September — げんき1 チャプター10から11まで & Interactive oral activity 1
Welcome back Japanese field trip、二項比較、三項以上の比較、形容詞/名詞+の、～つもりだ、～なる、助詞「で」、～たい、～たり～たりする、～ことがある、助詞「や」
October and November — げんき1 チャプター12から、げんき2チャプター13まで & Interactive oral activity 2
~んです, ~すぎる, ~のほうがいいです, ~ので, ~でしょう、可能動詞、～そうです、～てみる、頻度
December and January — げんき2 チャプター 14から17まで & Interactive oral activity 3
ほしい, ~かもしれません, あげる/もらう, ~たらどうですか, particleも, particleしか, 意思形, 意思形+と思っている, 名詞修飾節, ~てあげる/もらう, ~時, hearsay, ~前に/~てから
February and March — げんき2 チャプター18、20、21, other grammars & Individual oral presentation
~ながら, ~という~, ~やすい/にくい, ~てほしい, ~をおねがいします, Question word + か (+ particle), 人、さい、番目, ~月、~日、~か月, ~予定, か(or), Question word+でも, ~ことができる
April — preparation for paper 1 and 2
May — IB Exam (Text Handing and Written Production)
June — Fun
Cooking etc.
