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.
Japanese Language Pathway Career examples •
Teacher English as a second language
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Hotel manager / hospitality
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Translator / Interpreter
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Border Force Officer / Police officer
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Tourism / Tour guide
Employability skills •
Communication
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Cultural understanding
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Problem identification and solution
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Planning and organisation
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Responding constructively to the opinions of others
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multitasking
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Critical thinking
Year 8 Japanese
VCE Unit 1& 2 accelerated pathway from Yr10 to Yr11 selection criteria
Tours and Exchange
Global Connections Year 9 Japanese
3 units over 3 terms
Year 10 Japanese 5 periods a week
VCE Unit 1 & 2 Japanese 5 periods a week
Year10 and Year11 Japan Study Tour & Homestay 3 weeks in November/December Year10 Long Term Student Exchange Naga High School 5 months September to January Naga Visit Host a NAGA students for 2 weeks CCG Graduates
VCE Unit 3 & 4 Japanese 5 periods a week
Language Assistant Exchange program NAGA High School 6 months to 12 months
Learning a New Language at Any Age Helps the Brain By Christopher Wanjek June 02, 2014 Health
Learning a second language may help improve brain function regardless of when you start, according to a new study. Researchers found that young adults proficient in two languages performed better on attention tests and had better concentration than those who spoke only one language, irrespective of whether they had learned that second language during infancy, childhood or their teen years. The study appears in the current edition of the journal Frontiers in Psychology, led by Dr. Thomas Bak, a lecturer at Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Whether the positive effect extends to people who learn a language in middle age or beyond is not clear, but Bak and other brain researchers said they see no reason why not, and that is the focus of ongoing studies. "We have worked our way from adolescents to early adults," Bak told LiveScience. "We are currently working on middle age to retirement." In the new study, bilingual young adults performed better in ignoring irrelevant stimuli and focusing on relevant information. One possible reason for this ability is that the very processes of learning two languages and switching back and forth between them train the brain to be more attuned to auditory information, Bak said. … to be continued