Grade 12 - Japanese

JAPANESE 12

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Thinking and communicating

Personal and social awareness

Language learning is a lifelong process.

Sharing our feelings, opinions, and beliefs in a new language contributes to our identity.

With increased language proficiency, we can discuss and justify opinions with nuance and clarity.

Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression promotes greater understanding and appreciation of cultures worldwide.

Becoming more proficient in a new language enables us to explore global issues.

Negotiate meaning and perspectives in a wide variety of contexts

Locate and explore a variety of Japanese texts

Recognize different purposes, degrees of formality, and cultural points of view in a variety of texts

Respond personally to a variety of texts

Analyze and compare elements of creative works from diverse Japanese communities

Recognize how choice of words affects meaning

Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language

Narrate stories, both orally and in writing

Exchange ideas and information on a variety of topics, both orally and in writing

Express themselves effectively, with fluency and accuracy, both orally and in writing

Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities

Recognize the regional and ethnic diversity of Japanese language and culture

Engage in experiences with Japanese people and communities

Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens

Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities requiring proficiency in Japanese

Identify and explore opportunities to continue language acquisition beyond graduation

Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge

an increasing range of kanji

increasingly complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:

complex questions

sequence of events in stories

needs and emotions

explanation and justification of opinions

past, present, and future time frames

language formality and etiquette

First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories, identity, and place

distinguishing features of major Japanese regional dialects

Japanese works of art

histories and worldviews of the indigenous peoples of Japan

Japanese-related resources and services

contributions of Japanese Canadians to society

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism