Japanese Certificate

Topics:

• Introducing oneself and others
• greetings
• telephone numbers
• names of objects
• numbers
• counting objects
• shopping
• buying food and drink
• dates and times
• getting around
• transport and travel
• people and things
• place and location, houses and buildings
• making plans for the weekend
• describing things
• making comments
• making a telephone call
• giving and receiving etc.

Grammar: Desu(copula), particles, verbs (present tense and past tense), conjunctions, adjectives (present tense and past tense)

• communicate simply in the spoken language in a range of everyday situations in such a way that basic daily requirements can be met
• understand some specific details of simple everyday aural messages
• read and write simple sentences in phonetic hiragana and katakana scripts
• understand some of the basic features of the system of the language
• understand some insights into the culture of Japan and its socio-cultural conventions

Topics:

• Inviting
• expressing volition and making appointments
• talking about self, family and events
• talking about daily routine and plans
• requests and orders
• having things done
• giving directions
• asking and refusing permission
• describing what people are doing and where they live
• expressing desire
• preference
• likes and dislikes
• talking about health etc.

Grammar: Let’s form( volitional form), -mashoo ka, -masen ka, verbs-te form, -no mae ni and –no ato de, verb-te form+kudasai, verb-te form +mo iidesu ka, verbs-nai form, verb-nai form+de+kudasai, present progressive and present condition-verb –te form+imasu, verbs-tai form .

• communicate satisfactorily in the spoken language in a range of simple everyday social and transactional situations
• understand the main points and specific details of simple aural messages
• recognise and use the basic features of the grammatical system of the language
• recognise and use for comprehension purposes about 80 kanji (Chinese characters)
• read and write short passages using some basic grammatical forms and structures
• understand some insights into the culture of Japan and its socio-cultural conventions

Topics:

• making comparisons
• giving detailed descriptions
• getting information or advice
• stating decisions
• giving a detailed self-introduction
• expressing possibility or capability
• talking about one’s experiences
• describing a change in state
• expressing a sequence of events
• talking about schedules
• making strong suggestions
• asking for explanations
• giving explanations
• excuses or reasons etc.

Grammar: Comparisons-superlative, connective form of –desu and adjectives, -ku/-ni form of adjectives as adverbial use, dictionary form of verbs, dictionary form +mae ni, -ta form of verbs, -ta form +koto ga aru, -tari…-tari shimasu, -ku/-ni narimasu, -ni shimasu, -te kara, -te imasen, connective particle-shi, direct and indirect quotation, modifying clauses, nominalising sentences, potential form of verbs , toki(when)

• communicate satisfactorily in a range of social, transactional and work-related situations
• understand the main points and specific details of everyday aural messages and texts
• manipulate a range of basic grammatical structures and appropriate vocabulary
• recognize and use for comprehension purposes about 150 kanji.
• read and write short passages and simple letters/e-mails
• understand some insights into the culture of Japan and its socio-cultural conventions

Topics:

• personal information
• shopping and consumerism
• jobs and work
• health
• geography and climate
• education
• the environment
• the media and manipulation
• politics
• current affairs and events, personal interest and cultural topics, etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: the main grammatical features of the language, to include most tenses in the present, past, future (in indicative mood) and the conditional mood; active and passive voices; and some tenses in the subjunctive mood (where relevant); pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative, reflexive); a range of prepositions; adverbs and adverbial phrases; adjectives and adjectival phrases, comparison of adjectives; conjunctions; infinitive constructions; formal and informal usage.

• communicate adequately in a range of social, transactional and work-related situations
• understand the main points and specific details of everyday aural and written messages and texts, also the main points of more complex texts (such as reports, newspaper articles etc.)
• write everyday messages and simple letters, simple business correspondence and factual texts
• provide translations of simple texts into English
• recognise and use the main features of grammar with confidence;
• use a bilingual dictionary competently
• use a range of 'repair strategies' to overcome communication breakdown
• describe a range of differences between own language and culture and target language and culture
• present on a topic of interest / an event and answer questions
• short translation and interpreting
• use language skills at Level B1 (all skill*areas) and selected skill*areas of B2, as described in the Council of Europe Common European Framework (CEF).