Year 12 IB Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 12 JAPANESE (IB)

COURSE OUTLINE Language Acquisition Japanese is a course developed at two levels, standard level and higher level. While acquiring a language, students will explore the culture connected to it. The focus of these courses is language acquisition and intercultural understanding. The core is divided into three areas, Communication and media, Global issues and Social relationship, and these are required areas of study. In addition, at both SL and HL levels, students will study Customs and Tradition, and Leisure.

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

Topics • Communication and media (advertising, internet and telephone) • Customs and tradition (business and honorific expressions) Leisure (travelling)

Topics • Social relationship (celebrations, social and religious events, educational system) • Global issues (natural disasters)

ASSESSMENT OUTLINE

External assessment (70%)

Paper 1: 25% Receptive skills (text handling exercises on four written texts based on the core) Paper 2: 25% Written productive skills Written Assignment: 20% Receptive and written productive skills This internal assessment score consists of two marks: the individual oral and the mark for one of three mandatory interactive oral activities (normally the best one). Internal Assessment: 30% Interactive Oral Activities 10% 3 activities based on the core Individual Oral 20% presentations and discussion based on the options. Individual Oral: 10 minutes recorded under examination conditions and submitted for moderation Part 1- presentation by the candidate: 3-4 minutes Part 2 - follow-up questions and discussion with teacher: 5-6 minutes

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