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Year 10 Japanese
Year 10 Japanese
Curriculum Intent
The Japanese department seeks to develop ambitious and resilient linguists who recognise their common humanity and
strive to gain inter-cultural understanding and respect.
We aim to provide an understanding of Japanese in a range of themes (Identities, Education, Town, Holidays, Leisure, Healthy
living) which enables students to communicate effectively in authentic situations on their exchange visits and prepared for
the challenges of developing the language at a higher level and with an aspiration to continue the language in the Sixth Form.
We intend develop our students to be inquisitive and curious about the culture, knowledgeable and understanding, open-
minded and courageous as they personally develop through their learning of Japanese.
Autumn Term
Spring Term
✓ School
✓ Vocabulary and kanji for school grades, subject and
School grades
School subjects/ School day
school routine
Comparing things ✓Sentence structures for basic comparison and
Giving reasons superlative
✓ Complex sentence structure for reasoning
✓ Holiday
Weather ✓ Vocabulary for weather, past tense of adjectives and
Seasonal activities forecast
Climate and temperature ✓ Temperature in Celsius
Wish list of activities ✓ Japanese education system
✓Culture
✓ Japanese after school clubs
Japanese high school ✓ Adjectives to describe pet
Japanese onomatopoeia ✓ Vocabulary for natural disasters
Haiku
Proverbs relating to the weather
Seasonal traditions in Japan and natural disasters
✓ Kanji
School and school grades “新しい言語は、新たな人生の始まり”
Seasons
Summer Term
✓Kanji
Body parts and verbs
When possible, we offer students the opportunity to visit our Students explore the language through a range of
Japanese partner school, Chuo University Junior & Senior High themes and every opportunity is taken to develop
School in Tokyo and experience life with a Japanese host intercultural understanding. We seek to explore the
family. differences in the cultures. This is particularly the case
when exploring, town, travel and the environment.
Authentic materials are used in order to create a realistic
portrayal of the language and culture.