Great reasons for studying Japanese
Year 9 Subjects – Global Connections
Gain inter-cultural understanding and relate to people of all backgrounds in our multicultural nation.
Enjoy the great food and culture of Japan, cooking lessons and cultural excursions
Be rewarded with big bonus VCE enter score points at Year12
Visit Naga High School in Japan on a 3 week school trip in Year 10-11
Gain inter-cultural understanding and relate to people of all backgrounds in our multicultural nation.
Go to Japan as a Long term exchange student for 5 months in Year 10
Go to Japan after graduated from Christian Col-lege as part of our gap year exchange program
Host a friend from our Sister school Naga
Students at Christian College are encouraged to recognise that they belong to a global society, one that is increasingly connected and complex. In Year 9, students have the opportunity to engage in this diverse, modern world through the continuation of a Language study, either Japanese and Indonesian. Alternatively, students not intending to pursue a language pathway will undertake an equivalent study called Worldview. This subject will examine a range of global issues and seek to offer solutions to these problems at local, national and global scales. Japanese, Indonesian and Worldview are each studied for three periods per week across the three terms when students are not involved in the Transformation/Rural program. It is important for students to be aware that successful completion of Japanese or Indonesian at Year 9 level is a requirement for continuation of the respective language at Senior School.
Year 9 Year 9 Japanese In Year 9 Japanese students build a repertoire of language skills, interpersonal competencies and intercultural capabilities important for everyday communication, travel and future vocational opportunities. They engage with young students in Japan via our Sister School Naga High School in Wakayama and discover connections with their Japanese contemporaries in sports, hobbies, music, leisure activities and the use of social media in the digital world. Through simple Japanese texts, films, web sites, interviews and an excursion to the Japanese Consulate and a Japanese restaurant and supermarket in Melbourne, students are introduced to the historical, economic and religious influences that have significantly shaped modern Japan. They gain an appreciation of the sustainability of traditional food and lifestyles, community and environment in our increasingly modernising and connected region. Learning Japanese helps our students to understand the importance of Japan as a major trading partner to Australia and ally to Australia in the Asian Pacific region.