Mainland High School – Japanese 3 Honors

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

The purpose of this course is to enable students to enhance proficiency in Japanese through a linguistic, communicative, and cultural approach to language learning. There is continued emphasis on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and on the acquisition of the fundamentals of applied grammar. Cross-cultural understanding is fostered, and real-life applications are emphasized throughout the course. The content should include, but not be limited to the following: conversational expressions of feeling, ideas, and opinions in Japanese; social interaction patterns within Japanese culture(s); connections between the Japanese language and culture(s) and other disciplines; comprehension of spoken and written Japanese; oral and written presentation of information and ideas, in Japanese, to an audience; Japanese language usage within and beyond the school setting.