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Chinese: Mandarin

Chinese: Mandarin

Course Summary

Are you looking to travel or looking to pursue a global career? Studying a foreign Language has great benefits. You will improve verbal and spatial skills, promotes creativity and improves attention to detail. Practising a language helps the brain more healthy, complex, active and engaged.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

  • A role play focusing on negotiating a solution to a personal issue
  • An interview providing information and responding to questions
  • Responses to specific questions using written, spoken and viewed texts
  • A written response for a specific audience and purpose
  • A personal, informative or imaginative piece of writing

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Explore Subject (VCAA)

Approximate Costs

Unit 1 – 4

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Language Learning Area Leader

Lyn Zhang

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Japanese

Japanese

Course Summary

Are you looking to travel or looking to pursue a global career? Studying a foreign Language has great benefits. It will improve verbal and spatial skills, promote creativity and improve attention to detail. Foreign language study also makes the brain more healthy, complex, active and engaged. Most importantly, studying a second language broadens horizons and promotes inter-cultural understanding and what it means to be a good global citizen.

VCE: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3 & 4 sequence available

Learning Activities & Assessment

  • Communicate with others in Japanese in interpersonal and presentational contexts
  • Understand the relationship between language and culture
  • Compare cultures and languages and enhance intercultural awareness
  • Understand and appreciate the cultural contexts in which Japanese is spoken
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Explore Subject (VCAA)

Approximate Costs

Unit 1 – 4

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Language Learning Area Leader

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Japanese (Year 10)

Japanese (Year 10)

Course Summary

This course is a condensed version of the year 7-10 Japanese Victorian Curriculum allowing beginners to get a grasp on this intriguing scripted language.  It covers a range of topics and themes designed to promote communication and cultural understanding.

The main aim of this course is to prepare students for VCE Japanese.

Studying a foreign language can benefit you in more ways than providing a pathway to work by :

  • Improving your ability to communicate (in both your own language and the studied language)
  • Developing your memory
  • Promoting  creativity
  • Improving attention to detail

Most importantly, studying a second language broadens horizons and promotes inter-cultural understanding and what it means to be a good global citizen.

Learning Activities & Assessment

  • Write a descriptive recount of a special event or holiday
  • Prepare and present a dialogue with a friend to organise an outing
  • Design a dream room and understand the elements of a traditional Japanese room
  • Comprehend weather forecasts and the significance of the seasons for Japanese people

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Future Pathways
Victorian Curriculum (VCAA)

Approximate Costs

Semester 1

Language Perfect Subscription $40

Learning Area Contact

Language Learning Area Leader

Lyn Zhang