Japanese Class Ⅸ
One Paper
1.
3 Hours
Aims and Objectives
To develop the following skills:
【Listening】
To enable the learner to recognize familiar words and very basic phrases concerning self,
family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly, clearly,
repeatedly and using gestures.
【Reading】
To enable the learner to understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences
by using visual aids, for example in catalogues, on posters and notices. To enable the
learner to grasp the main ideas and/or some facts from simple texts concerning self,
family and immediate concrete surroundings.
【Spoken Interaction】
To enable the learner to respond in a simple way, provided the other person is prepared
to repeat or rephrase things at a slower speed and help in formulating what he/she is
trying to say. To enable the learner to ask and answer simple questions in situations of
immediate needs or on familiar topics, using the vocabulary and phrases already learnt.
【Spoken Production】
To enable the learner to use simply phrases and sentences to describe self, family and
immediate concrete surroundings.
【Writing】
To enable the learner to write short, simple postcards, for example, holiday greetings. To
enable the learner to fill in the forms with personal details, for example entering name,
nationality and address on a registration form. To enable the learner to write short and
very simple passages concerning self, family and immediate concrete surroundings.
【Culture】
Culture is to be accessed through the language being taught. Aim is to help the
students achieve socio-linguistic competence, cross-cultural understanding and
awareness of their own culture, as well as that of Japan. It is to be realized that not all
teaching about culture implies behavioral change, but merely an awareness and
tolerance in the learner for the cultural influences affecting one’s own and others’
behaviors’.
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2. Course Contents
(marks 100, suggested periods180)
※Class Ⅸ 6～7 Periods×30Weeks=180～210 Periods（1Periods＝35～40minutes）
(marks 15, suggested periods15)
（A）Script
25 kanji (classⅦ): Both reading and writing to be tested.
22 kanji (classⅧ,L1～L4): Only reading to be tested.
(marks 30, suggested periods90)
（B）Grammar:
Adjectives and verbs in present and past tenses, making comparisons, indicating
places, and expressing one’s desires.
（C）Writing skills:

(marks 20, suggested periods20)
Various application forms, invitation cards, thank you cards, E-mails,
postcards.（marks 5*2）

Guided paragraph writing on one of the following the suggested topics: “My
daily life”, “My family”, “My school” in about 10 to 12 lines. No marks to be
deducted for spelling mistakes. （marks 10）
（D）Translation skills
(marks 15, suggested periods15)

English into Japanese (mark5*1)

Japanese into English (mark5*2)
(No marks to be deducted for spelling mistakes).
（E） Reading Comprehension:

(marks20, suggested periods20)
various application forms, invitation cards, thank you cards, E-mails,
postcards.（marks 5*3）

Simple answers to be formulated on simple passages related to everydaylife situations. （marks 10）
(suggested periods20)
（F）Culture:
Efforts should be made to supply basic information about Japanese culture in
general and daily life using visual aids and authentic resources. Efforts should
be made to let students think about culture in terms of perspectives, practices
and products (e.g. perspectives such as beliefs, values, institutions; practices
such as customs, habits, dress, foods, leisure; products such as literature,
folklore, art, music, artifacts). Cross-cultural awareness is not to be tested but to
be evaluated through teacher’s observation and learner’s work during lessons.
（G）Prescribed book
Minnano Nihongo Indian-edition1-1(L1 ～ L13) ： textbook cum workbook,
grammar note, audio CD
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Japanese Class Ⅹ
One Paper
3 Hours
1. Aims and Objectives
To develop the following skills:
【Listening】
To enable the learner to recognizes familiar words and very basic phrases/sentences
concerning self, family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly
and clearly.
【Reading】
To enable the learner to understand familiar names, words and simple sentences for
example in catalogues, on posters and notices. To enable the learner to understand main
ideas and/or some facts from the related texts concerning self, family and immediate
concrete surroundings.
【Spoken Interaction】
To enable the learner to interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared
to repeat or rephrase things at a slower speed and help in formulating what he/she is
trying to say. To enable the learner to ask and answer simple questions in situations of
immediate needs or on familiar topics, using the vocabulary and phrases already learnt.
【Spoken Production】
To enable the learner to use simply phrases and sentences to describe self, family and
immediate concrete surroundings
【Writing】
To enable the learner to write short, simple postcards, for example sending holiday
greetings. To enable the learner to fill in the forms with personal details, for example
entering my name, nationality and address on a registration form. To enable the learner
to write simple compositions/passages on day-to-day topics using vocabulary and
expression learnt in Class Ⅸ, Ⅹ.
【Culture】
Access the culture through the language being taught. Aim is to help the students
achieve socio-linguistic competence, cross-cultural understanding and awareness of
their own culture, as well as that of Japan. It is to be recognized that that not all
teaching about culture implies behavioral change, but merely an awareness and
tolerance of the cultural influences affecting one’s own and others’ behaviors’.
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2.
Course Contents
(marks 100, suggested periods180)
※Class Ⅹ 6～7 Periods×30Weeks=180～210 Periods（1Periods＝35～40minutes）
（A） Script
(marks 15, suggested periods15)
25 kanji (classⅦ): Both reading and writing to be tested.
40 kanji (classⅧ) are required to read only.
（B） Grammar:
Verb
conjugations
(marks 30, suggested periods90)
(te-form,
nai-form,
verb-dictionary
form,
ta-form),
expression of assumption and adjective conjugations.
（C） Writing skills:

(marks 20, suggested periods20)
Various application forms, invitation cards, thank you cards, E-mails,
postcards.（marks 5*2）

Guided paragraph writing on one of the following the suggested topics:
“Memories/ An account of My Travel”, “My Dreams” in about 10 to 12 lines.
No marks to be deducted for spelling mistakes.（marks 10）
（D） Translation skills
(marks 15, suggested periods15)

English into Japanese (mark5*1)

Japanese into English (mark5*2)
(No marks to be deducted for spelling mistakes).
（E） Reading Comprehension:

(marks20, suggested periods20)
Various application forms, invitation cards, thank you cards, E-mails,
postcards.（marks 5*3）

Answers to be formulated on passages related to everyday life situations.
（marks 10）
(suggested periods20)
（F）Culture:
Efforts should be made to supply basic information about Japanese culture in
general and daily life using visual aids and authentic resources, also, to let
students think about culture in terms of perspectives, practices and products
(e.g. perspectives such as beliefs, values, institutions; practices such as customs,
habits, dress, foods, leisure; products such as literature, folklore, art, music,
artifacts). Cross-cultural awareness is not to be tested but to be evaluated
through teacher’s observation and learner’s work during lessons.
（G）prescribed book
Minnano Nihongo Indian-edition 1-2(L14 ～ L25) ： textbook cum workbook,
grammar note, audio CD
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For Reference :Japanese Class Ⅸ and Ⅹ
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Teaching methodology :
To develop the following skills:
1） Emphasis to be laid on creating an interest in Japan and its culture.
2） Interpreting the information with the context of Japanese culture and in
comparison with the learner’s own culture is suggested.
3） Emphasis to be laid on interactive language teaching using techniques such as
role play, quiz, pair work, interview etc.
4） Visual aids like flash cards, pictures, illustrations and audio-lingual materials are to
be used.
5） For a learner who begins to learn Japanese at classⅨ, firstly needs to review
Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. (Review of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji to be
done for the benefit of those learners who begin to learn Japanese at class IX.)
6） Schema building: Schema theory is based on the idea that our past experiences
allow us to create mental frameworks which help us make sense of new experience.
7） Focus on strategies: Strategies are the mental and communicative procedures
learners use in order to learn and use language. Common classroom strategies
include selective listening, skimming, and scanning, classifying, brainstorming,
practicing, memorizing, and reflecting.
8） Personalization: Learning is thus made more meaningful and real, and learners are
able to make systematic connections between their own lives and the life in the
classroom.
9） Form and meaning; need to dramatize for learners the fact that effective language
use
involves
achieving
harmony
between
form
and
function.
(wakarinikuinodewanaika?)
10）
Where ever possible, language use opportunity such as, interaction with
Japanese school students by way of communication through E-mail, internet based
video-conferencing, visitor session (interaction of the school students with native
Japanese) etc, is suggested This would pave the way for future exchange programme
between school students in the two countries.
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4.
Remarks on prescribed book（MinnanoNihongo Indian-edition1-1,1-2）
1) Prescribed books are in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. No need to learn all
kanjis in the text books. Only the kanji that are mentioned in the syllabus are to be
learnt. (ClassⅨ and ClassⅩ) Kanji list is as follows.

ClassⅦ(MOMO)-kanji 25
）JLPT Level 3
※（
日 本 人 山 （田）
、川、一、二、三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 上 中 下
月 火 水 木 金

土
Class-kanjiⅧ(Sakura)40 ※（
）JLPT Level,2 and 3
re-learn
Reading only 40
L1：犬 牛 馬 (鳥) 魚 (5)
L2：口 目 耳
大きい 小さい (5)
L3：かん(字) (正)しい 百てん 1(課) 学校
日本語 (6)
L4：花 雨 車 (石) (林) (森) (6)
L5：nothing
L6：年 今 何 時
週 間 分
L7：男 女 子ども 先生
L8：見 休 行 来
八年生
休みの日
(正)月
一月
(8)
(5)
(5)
2) ClassⅥ、Ⅶ、Ⅷ textbook cover 60% vocabulary( 534 vocabulary ) contained in
the prescribed books(Minnano Nihongo 1-1,1-2)（875 vocabulary）
3) ClassⅥ、Ⅶ、Ⅷ textbook cover 80% sentence patterns 80% contained in the
prescribed books(Minnano Nihongo
1-1,1-2)
4) Practice of writing skills, translation skills, comprehension test, kanji practice
are included in the teachers` reference book. (as per plan)
5.) Cultural Resources

Japanese general culture
http://momiji.jpf.go.jp/kyozai/English/Resources/Photo/Index.php
** In Photo/Pictures, you can search for 515 photo resources and 7303
picture resources by Parts of Speech and Sentence Pattern for use in
Japanese language teaching.

Japanese culture and Daily life
http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/content/japaneseculture/index.htm
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5.
Structure of the lessons:
1) Introduction of new vocabulary in each lesson.
2) Understanding the situation and function of sentence pattern through short
conversation in the textbook.
3) Introduction of new sentence patters in the situation using practice A.
4) Practice related to the lesson using practice B and C.
5) Practice shadowing, skit or role play using short conversation in the textbook.
6) Exercise using Questions in each lesson.(Questions include listening comprehension,
reading comprehension, grammar practice)
7) Learning kanji in each lesson using reference book.
6.
Mode of Assessment :
1) Active class participation
2) Periodical written tests
3) Periodical dictation tests
4) Conversation tests
5) Simple reading and listening comprehension tests
6) Writing short notes on simple topics and various forms.
7) Cross-cultural awareness not to be tested but to be evaluated through teacher’s
observation and learner’s class work
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