French 9 (MFR--9)

It is strongly recommended that students have completed French 8 or equivalent if they wish to take this course.

Workbooks (Approx. $12) are available to purchase or borrow.

French 9 builds on prior language knowledge, reinforcing vocabulary and grammatical structures from French 8. This course enhances students' ability to use a range of strategies to support communication, engage in conversations about familiar topics, and exchange ideas both orally and in writing. Exploring new grammar structures, students learn to narrate stories in both past and present tense. This course also fosters an understanding of contributions by Francophones to society, encouraging students to examine their cultural identity from a fresh perspective. By the course's end, students will demonstrate increased proficiency in language skills, setting the stage for continued exploration of French language and culture.

 

French 10 (MFR--10)

It is strongly recommended that students have completed French 9 or equivalent if they wish to take this course.

Workbooks (Approx. $12) are available to purchase or borrow.

French 10 reinforces vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in French 8 and French 9, so that students may communicate written and oral language with greater confidence and ease. Students will learn new grammar structures in order to share past and future events. Through stories and authentic tasks, students will continue exploring contributions of Francophones to society and be given opportunities to explore their own cultural identity from a new perspective.

 

French 11 (MFR--11)

It is strongly recommended that students have completed French 10 or equivalent if they wish to take this course.

Workbook (Approx. $30) is available to purchase or borrow.

The French 11 curriculum provides students with opportunities to refine their communication skills by responding and reacting to topics of interest, real-life situations, and personal experiences in the past, present, and future. Students will continue to experience and acquire varied authentic resources and appreciate cultural diversity. Throughout the course, students will examine the global contributions of Francophones and demonstrate an understanding of similarities and differences between Francophone cultures and their own. Students will continue to summarize acquired information and show understanding in oral, visual, and written forms.

 

French 12 (MFR--12)

It is strongly recommended that students have completed French 11 or equivalent if they wish to take this course.

Workbook (Approx. $30) is available to purchase or borrow.

The French 12 curriculum provides students with opportunities to use their communication skills and strategies to express intentions, exchange ideas and explain reasoned thoughts in order to respond to both common and unexpected real-life situations. In all forms of communication, students are expected to implement a wide range of vocabulary, idioms, complexity of expression and structure in the past, present and future. Throughout the course, students will retrieve, analyze, and respond to varied authentic resources, discuss contemporary issues in the Francophone world and appreciate cultural diversity. Students will be expected to summarize and synthesize acquired information in oral, visual, and written forms.

 

Japanese 9 (MJA--9)

Japanese 9 is a beginner program for those students with no prior knowledge of the Japanese language. Workbooks (Approx. $70)

Year 1- Japanese 9 introduces This is for students who are studying Japanese for the first time. It is a course for grade 9 students that covers the basics of learning Japanese in one year. No previous experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to the three Japanese scripts (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and will be provided with opportunities to write, read and communicate in Japanese. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to understand basic Japanese and communicate in a limited number of situations. The course will be based on dialogues dealing with familiar settings of home, school, and the community. Japanese culture will be emphasized, and students will be exposed to the culture through picture studies, films, discussions, and field trips where possible. The language, culture, and history of Japan will be studied in a Canadian and International context.

 

Japanese 10 (MJA--10)

It is strongly recommended that students have completed Japanese 9 or equivalent if they wish to take this course

Workbooks (Approx. $60) are available to purchase or borrow.

Year 2 - Japanese 10 continues on concepts covered in Japanese 9 including the Big Ideas from the province’s Japanese 10 curriculum that include listening & viewing helps us acquire a new language, verbal and non-verbal cues are part of language, learning everyday words and phrases help us communicate in Japanese, exploring our identities in Japanese, and the way that stories and cultural traditions and celebrations help us learn languages. Students in Japanese 10 will master the Hiragana and Katakana syllabic scripts as well as continue to learn Kanji characters as they are used in Japanese. By the end of the course students will be able to derive meaning from speech and a variety of texts, exchange ideas and information, as well as common, high-frequency vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions.

 

Beginner’s Japanese 11 (MBJA-11)

Workbooks (Approx. $60) are available to purchase or borrow.

Year 1 & 2 - This is for students who are studying Japanese for the first time. It is an accelerated course for grade 10, 11, and 12 students that covers Japanese 9 and 10 in one year. No previous experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to the three Japanese scripts (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and will be provided with opportunities to write, read and communicate in Japanese. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to understand basic Japanese and communicate in a limited number of situations. The course will be based on dialogues dealing with familiar settings of home, school, and the community. Japanese culture will be emphasized, and students will be exposed to the culture through picture studies, films, discussions, and field trips where possible. The language, culture, and history of Japan will be studied in a Canadian and International context. Beginner Japanese 11 OR Japanese 10 is strongly recommended for students wanting to take Japanese 11.

 

Japanese 11 (MJA--11)

Completion of Japanese 10 or Beginner’s Japanese 11 is strongly recommended for students wanting to take Japanese 11(Regular).

Workbooks (Approx. $60) are available to purchase or borrow.

Year 3 - Regular Japanese 11 is a continuation of B.C. Modern Language curriculum’s exploration of Big Ideas including how listening and viewing with intent supports our learning of a new language, how language and culture are interconnected and shape our perspective, identity, and voice, how context determines how we express ourselves, how exploring cultural expression helps us understand our own cultural identity, and how learning a new language gives us unique opportunities for careers, travel, personal growth, and study abroad. Students will know an increasing range of kanji, complex questions, sequence of events, explanation and justification of opinions/points of view. Past, present, and future time frames, language formality and etiquette oral histories, identity, and place including First People’s perspectives. Completion of Japanese 11 is strongly recommended for students wanting to take Japanese 12.

 

Japanese 12 (MJA--12)

Completion of Regular Japanese 11 is strongly recommended for students wanting to take Japanese 12

Workbooks (Approx. $60) are available to purchase or borrow.

Year 4 - Japanese 12 is the culmination of 3 years of Japanese language study at the secondary level. Students will have met the Curricular Competencies set by the B.C. Ministry of Education that include an increasing range of complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions. Students will be introduced to an increasing range of kanji (Chinese characters as used in Japanese), time frames in the past, present, future, language formality and etiquette. First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, distinguishing features of major Japanese dialects, works of art, histories and worldviews of the indigenous peoples of Japan, Japanese-related resources and services, contributions of Japanese Canadians to society, and the ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism.

 

Mandarin 12 Online (Richmond Virtual School) (MMAN-12D)

It is strongly recommended that students earn a B or higher in Mandarin 11 or Mandarin 11 Challenge Exam if they wish to take this course

***NOTE: Enrollment is limited***

This Distributed Learning course will help you improve your skills in reading, writing, vocabulary building, speaking, and comprehending Beijing standard Mandarin. Literature will be introduced through the study of poetry, prose, fables, and idioms while we will also look at Chinese culture through a variety of activities. Because this is an online course, much of the learning will be done online with regular face-to-face meetings scheduled after school at MacNeill Secondary School.

- A qualification exam will be given during the first meeting.

- Regular face-to-face meetings once a week after school with a minimum of one hour and a maximum of three hours.

- All oral work and testing will be done alternative weeks at meetings. Students must be at the meetings on time and on the assigned days.

- All assignments must be handed in on time otherwise there may be a penalty.

- Punctuality and attendance are important