Course prescriptions 2014 - 2018
Japanese: Background Speakers Course
The prescribed themes and contemporary issues for teaching and examining from 2014 to
2018 are the same as those for 2009 – 2013.
Prescribed theme
the individual and the community
youth culture
national identity
global issues
Contemporary Issues
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the family in contemporary society
the impact of a changing society on the individual
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gender roles in today’s society
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pressures on young people today
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the place of education in young people’s lives
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the role of leisure in a young person’s world
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reconciling traditional and contemporary
Japanese culture
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Japan and the international community
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the universality of human experience
preserving the environmental
the impact of technology
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The following prescribed texts are for teaching and examining from 2014 to 2018.
Abe, Tsutomu, 2000, Shiawase kazoku keikaku (Happy Family Plan), Shochiku Co. Ltd.,
Japan.
Ibaragi, Noriko, 2011, Watashi ga ichiban kirei datta toki, in Kawasaki, H. (Ed.) Kyoukasho
no shi o yomikaesu, Chikumashobo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-480-42802-8.
Ooe, Kenzaburou, 2001, Uwasa e no teikouryoku, in Jibun no ki no shita de, Asahi
Shimbunsha, Japan. ISBN 4-02-257639-1.
NHK Koukou Kouza, Jendaa no kabe o koete – otokorashisa, onnarashisa to wa,
http://www.nhk.or.jp/kokokoza/tv/katei/archive/chapter002.html
Shiba, Ryotarou, 2005, Nijuuisseiki ni ikiru kimitachi e, in Shiba Ryotarou ga kangaeta koto
Volume 14, Shinchousha, Japan. ISBN 978-4-10-115256-1.
Shigematsu, Kiyoshi, 2002, Danki hatameku moto ni, in Chiisaki mono e, Shinchoubunko,
Japan. ISBN 978-4-10-134918-3.
Tanikawa, Shuntarou, 2008, Ikiru, http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~mitsue/ikiru.html
Uchida, Tatsuru, 2009, Chapter 1 Manabi kara no tousou, in Karyuu shikou, Koudansha,
Japan. ISBN 978-4-06-276399-8.
Prescribed themes mapped to the prescribed texts
Theme
Text type
Prescribed text
The individual and the
community
Film
In Abe, Tsutomu
The individual and the
community
Poem
In Ibaragi, Noriko
The individual and the
community
Report
In NHK Koukou Kouza
The individual and the
community
Short story
In Shigematsu, Kiyoshi
Youth culture
Film
In Abe, Tsutomu
Youth culture
Report
In NHK Koukou Kouza
Youth culture
Essay
In Shiba, Ryotarou
Youth culture
Short story
In Shigematsu, Kiyoshi
Youth culture
Essay
In Uchida, Tatsuru
National identity
Essay
In Ooe, Kenzaburou
National identity
Report
In NHK Koukou Kouza
National identity
Essay
In Shiba, Ryotarou
National identity
Essay
In Uchida, Tatsuru
Global issues
Poem
In Ibaragi, Noriko
Global issues
Essay
In Ooe, Kenzaburou
Global issues
Essay
In Shiba, Ryotarou
Global issues
Poem
In Tanikawa, Shuntarou
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