Prerequisites: Year 7 & 8 Japanese

Passport to Japan allows students to gain practical language skills, as well as provide opportunities to apply these skills in a range of cultural experiences. Cultural experiences may include:

• Online classes with our Japanese sister school, Katayama Gakuen
• An in-person language and cultural exchange with Nara University High School
• Calligraphy and other traditional Japanese art forms

The communication focus of this unit is to build authentic language that can be applied in a variety of real life situations, such as writing to a friend about a holiday, discussing the weather, planning a holiday to Japan, and exchanging gifts.

At the end of the Year 9 course students will be able to discuss in depth:
Weather and clothing
Milestones and achievements
Describe feelings and opinions
Fast food and the Japanese diet
Shopping in the Japanese context

Considerations for Year 9 Languages
• Please note that these language subjects run for the entire year.
• You need to have studied Japanese in years 7 and 8.

The continuation of the study of languages in Year 9 gives students the opportunity to obtain the Victorian Baccalaureate in Year 12 and leads to a range of career pathways in the fields of:

Business
International relations
Education
Tourism
Health
Students will also be eligible to partake in the Years 10-12 international study tours, which provide students with the opportunity to engage with and experience the culture of Japan while using their language in an authentic setting. Tertiary institutions have indicated that they strongly support initiatives that encourage students to study a language in the final years of schooling.