Japanese MQF 1

Entry Requirements

No specific entry requirements and no previous experience in the field are needed for this level. For online lessons, learners need to have an understanding on how to use a computer. A level check will be held to determine the appropriate course level

Duration

30 week course with 3 contact hours per week

Learning Outcomes

Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge
• Understand basic Japanese vocabulary related to everyday life, family, hobbies, celebrations, holidays, and daily routines
• Recognise hiragana, katakana, basic kanji, pronunciation patterns, and simple grammatical structures
• Understand common text types such as messages, notices, invitations, postcards, and short descriptive texts
• Develop awareness of Japanese formality, pronunciation, sentence structure, and communication conventions

Skills
• Listen to and understand simple conversations, greetings, instructions, questions, and short texts on familiar topics
• Speak using simple phrases and sentences to introduce oneself, describe people and places, and participate in everyday conversations
• Interact in familiar situations by asking questions, requesting clarification, thanking, apologising, and responding appropriately
• Read and understand simple words, kana, basic kanji, notices, and short texts related to familiar topics
• Write short texts such as messages, invitations, postcards, descriptions, and short personal texts using kana and simple kanji
• Use basic grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and sentence structures accurately in communication tasks

Competence
• Communicate effectively in simple everyday situations using basic Japanese
• Apply listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with increasing confidence and independence
• Exchange information and respond appropriately in familiar social and practical contexts
• Adapt language appropriately to basic communication situations
• Use Japanese functionally in daily, educational, and community settings.

Delivery Method

Online lessons

Certification/Award

An award certificate accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority will be presented to learners who attend a minimum of 80% of the course and achieve an overall mark of 45% or higher in their tasks

Progression to further education

After successfully completing this course, learners can continue to study the subject at MQF Level 2

Language of Instruction

Bilingual with Japanese