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IB MYP YEAR 8 – LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: JAPANESE
Phase 2/3
SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
KEY CONCEPT/S
GLOBAL
CONTEXT
CONTENT
ASSESSMENT
ONE
To initiate and promote introductory
communication, students will learn
vocabulary, script and language
structures to acknowledge and describe
personal details of self and others and
relationships, by expressing facts and
details in the Japanese language,
reflecting specific cultural gestures.
Communication
Message
Purpose
Identities and
Relationships
Greetings and Self-
Introduction
Classroom Items and
Instructions
Hiragana script
Numbers
Family, pets, descriptors
Nationality
Comprehending spoken and visual text
(Criterion A)
Communicating in response to spoken,
written and visual text
(Criterion C)
Using language in spoken and written form
(Criterion D)
To highlight connections, students will
learn vocabulary and language
structures to identify and describe
likes/dislikes for friends and
themselves, by expressing facts and
details in the Japanese language,
reflecting specific cultural gestures.
Identities and
Relationships
Food and Drink
Days and frequency
Likes and dislikes
Friends
Comprehending written and visual text
(Criterion B)
Communicating in response to spoken,
written and visual text
(Criterion C)
Using language in spoken and written form
(Criterion D)
TWO
To initiate and promote interesting
communication, students will learn
vocabulary and language structures to
acknowledge their own interests and
that of Japanese people and to describe
personal details and relationships, by
expressing facts and details in the
Japanese language, reflecting specific
cultural activities.
Personal and
Cultural Expression
Hobbies and activities
Interview question style
for when, who, where,
how
General time words and
transport items
Comprehending spoken and visual text
(Criterion A)
Communicating in response to spoken,
written and visual text
(Criterion C)
Using language in spoken and written form
(Criterion D)
To develop and promote understanding
and emitting written information to
other students by acknowledging
sentence structure and script as being
incorporated into language learning.
Culture
Content
Theme
Personal and
Cultural Expression
School clubs
New Year Celebrations
Katakana And Kanji
Past tense/events
Comprehending written and visual text
(Criterion B)
Communicating in response to spoken,
written and visual text
(Criterion C)
Using language in spoken and written form
(Criterion D)