Assessment Tasks

Board of Studies Guidelines

Japanese Continuers Recommended Preliminary Assessment Weightings

Component	Weighting
Listening and Responding - Objective 3	30
Reading and Responding - Objectives 1,2 and 3	30
Writing in Japanese - Objective 2	20
Speaking - Objectives 1 and 4	20
	100

Japanese Continuers HSC Internal Assessment Weightings

The manadatory components and weightings for the HSC course are set out below.

Component	Weighting
Listening and Responding - Objective 3	25
Reading and Responding - Objectives 1,2 and 3	40
Writing in Japanese - Objective 2	15
Speaking - Objectives 1 and 4	20
	100

BBHS Preliminary Japanese Continuers Assessment Schedule

Component	Weighting	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Task 4	Task 5
		Date Due: Term 1  2010 Week 9	Date Due: Term 2  2010 Weeks 2-3	Date Due: Term 2  2010 Week 7	Date Due: Term 3  2010 Week 4	Date Due: Term 3  2010 Week 9-10
		Task: Writing	Task: Half Yearly	Task: Speaking &Listening	Task: Listening & Reading(Speaking)	Task: Yearly Examination
Listening and Responding Objectives 3	30%		8.5%		18%	8.5%
Reading and Responding Objectives 1, 2 and 3	35%		8.5%		18%	8.5%
Writing in Japanese Objective  2	15%	5%	5%			5%
Speaking Objectives 1 and 4	15%		5%	5%	(5%)	5%
Marks	100%	5%	27%	5%	35.5%	35.5%

  

BBHS HSC Japanese Continuers Assessment Schedule

Component	Weighting	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Task 4
		Date Due: Term 1  2011 Week 10-11	Date Due: Term 2  2011 Week 7	Date Due: Term 2  2011 Week 8	Date Due: Term 3  2011 Week 4-5
		Task: Half Yearly	Task: Listening	Task: Speaking	Task: Yearly
Listening and Responding Objectives 3	25%		10%		15%
Reading and Responding Objectives 1, 2 and 3	40%	20%			20%
Writing in Japanese Objective  2	15%	10%			5%
Speaking Objectives 1 and 4	20%			10%	10%
Marks	100%	30%	10%	10%	40%

• questions with distractors in Japanese or English.
• Questions may contain parts.
• There will be approximately 10 items.
• There will be at least one item worth from 5 to 6 marks.

Section II – Reading and Responding (40 marks)

This section will consist of two parts.

Part A (25 marks)

• There will be two questions phrased in English requiring a response in English.
• Each question will be based on a written text in Japanese.
• The total length of the two texts will be approximately 1200 ji in Japanese.
• Questions will contain short-answer parts and may contain objective response parts.
• There will be at least one part worth from 5 to 7 marks.

Part B (15 marks)

• There will be one extended response question phrased in English requiring a response in Japanese.
• The question will be based on a written text of approximately 300 ji in Japanese.
• The question will specify the audience, purpose and context of the response.
• Candidates will be required to respond to questions, statements, comments and/or specific information in the text.
• The expected length of response will be approximately 400 ji in Japanese.

Section III – Writing in Japanese (15 marks)

• There will be two questions phrased in English requiring a response in Japanese.
• Each question will specify the audience, purpose and context of the response.
• The first question will be worth 5 marks and candidates will be required to write an informative or descriptive response of approximately 150 ji in Japanese.
• The second question will be worth 10 marks and will have two extended response alternatives, each requiring the same text type.
• Candidates will be required to answer one alternative and write an evaluative, persuasive or reflective response of approximately 400 ji in Japanese.

Oral Examination (20 marks)

Time allowed: approximately 10 minutes.

The oral examination will consist of a conversation between the candidate and the examiner. In the oral examination, the candidate will respond to the examiner’s questions on the prescribed syllabus topics as they relate to the candidate’s personal world.