NCEA Level 3 Japanese (90573) 2010 — page 1 of 2
Assessment Schedule – 2010
Japanese: Read and understand written Japanese, containing complex language, in less
familiar contexts (90573)
Evidence Statement
Higher level information: Merit level information is underlined, and Excellence level information is in bold
Question One
A small village, where old Japan still exists, with only eight thousand people
The summer season is cool and short, the winter season is cold and long
It snows a lot, sometimes up to two metres
Tanbo Art is when you plant different colour rice plants you can make a picture, you could see big pictures in many
rice fields
The farmers draw designs on paper before planting rice, and decide which rice to plant where before planting it.
There are many rice fields for making rice in Inakadate
The people of the village thought about it together, so many tourists come to the area, they thought it was a good
idea to put forward an idea
Judgement
Achievement
Merit
Excellence
4 pieces of information
4 pieces of higher level information
2 bold
Question Two
Plenty of money
One where you can go and return by plane
Or a hotel
Tight budget
There is a course where you can go by shinkansen and return by plane and
You can stay in a boarding house, and you can also book a Japanese-style inn
Judgement
Achievement
Merit
Excellence
3 pieces of information
2 pieces of higher level information
2 bold
Question Three
Hiroshi is unhappy that he is not receiving as much as John for doing the same job.
John
Hiroshi
Australian
Japanese
Works with Hiroshi
Studied in US for five years
21 years old
Worked in Australia for two years
Not completed Uni.
Studied English at Osaka and NY Uni.
Can’t speak Japanese
Received various English qualifications
Has been in Japan for less than a month
Taught English in Sydney
Teaching English at AB English school
Teaching English at AB English School, lived an Englishspeaking life for 24 hours a day
3000 yen / hour
1000 yen / hour
Even if they can speak English, it doesn’t mean they can teach English
Judgement
Achievement
Merit
Excellence
6 pieces of information
3 pieces of higher level information
1 bold
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Question Four
Japanese was similar to Chinese in the past, it only used kanji, no hiragana or katakana, so in Japanese now, there
are kanji from Chinese which is difficult for people who speak English, Kanji is like a picture, you can read many
meanings from it
Following that, hiragana was formed from kanji, each one means the sound of Japanese characters, you make
words by joining some of the characters together
Use small hiragana which is called furigana above the kanji to tell you how to read the kanji
Judgement
Achievement
Merit
Excellence
4 pieces of information
3 pieces of higher level information
1 bold
Question Five
Example 1
Kitchen: daidokoro is older meaning, usually in a house, more formal; kicchin is in an apartment and newer feeling
Example 2
Baseball: yakyuu is Japanese, the catcher decides which ball to throw, baseball is American, the pitcher decides
which ball to throw
The phrase 'parasite single' has no meaning in English, it doesn’t make sense at all; parasite is like an insect and
single is one person
The Japanese meaning is a single person who still lives at home with his / her parents but pays no money
towards living costs, it doesn’t have a very good meaning in Japanese
Judgement
Achievement
Merit
Excellence
5 pieces of information
3 pieces of higher level information
2 bold
Judgement Statement
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
3 A OR M OR E
3M
3E