M/J Japanese, Advanced   (#0711020)

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Course Standards

General Course Information and Notes

General Notes

Major Concepts/Content:
M/J Japanese Advanced introduces students to the target language and its culture. Students will learn beginning skills in listening and speaking and an introduction to basic skills in reading and writing. Also, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities are included in this one-year course.

This course shall integrate the Goal 3 Student Performance Standards of the Florida System of School Improvement and Accountability as appropriate to the content and processes of the subject matter. It also must reflect appropriate Next Generation Sunshine State Standards benchmarks and Florida Standards for English language arts and mathematics.

Special Note. Course content requirements for the two-course sequence M/J Japanese, Beginning (0711000) and Intermediate (0711010) are equivalent to Japanese 1 (0712300). Course content requirements for the three-course sequence that includes M/J Japanese, Beginning (0711000), Intermediate (0711010), and Advanced (0711020), may be equivalent to the two-course sequence Japanese 1 (0712300) and Japanese 2 (0712310).

It is each district’s school board’s responsibility to determine high school world languages placement policies for those students who complete the M/J Japanese sequences in middle school.

The standards and benchmarks listed for this course are aligned with the expected levels of language proficiency, rather than grade levels.

General Information

Course Number: 0711020
Course Path:
Abbreviated Title: M/J JAPANESE ADV
Course Level: 2
Course Status: Course Approved
Grade Level(s): 6,7,8

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this course.

Original Student Tutorials

Changing the Driving Age?:

Learn to analyze and evaluate arguments for their soundness and relevancy. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read several short passages about raising the legal driving age. You'll practice examining the evidence presented to determine whether it's sound and relevant to the argument at hand.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Yes or No to GMO?:

Learn what genetic engineering is and some of the applications of this technology. In this interactive tutorial, you’ll gain an understanding of some of the benefits and potential drawbacks of genetic engineering. Ultimately, you’ll be able to think critically about genetic engineering and write an argument describing your own perspective on its impacts.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this course.
Note: Connections, Comparisons and Communities are combined here under one standard. However, teachers may divide this standard into three separate ones to align them with the national standards.