FIELD                        HUMANITIES

 

Revision of Japanese Level 1 and 2 achievement standards 90105, 90487

 

Subfield                        Languages

Domain	Id	Subject reference
Japanese	90105, 90487	Languages 1.4, 2.4

 

The Ministry of Education and the Secondary Education Group Assessment business unit of NZQA have revised the achievement standards listed above that were registered in November 2003 and 2004.

 

Date new versions published                        January 2006

 

Reason for the revision

 

To correct errors in the number of kana specified in evidence requirements.  The errors stemmed from the standards being translated from generic templates.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·        AS90105 Languages 1.4 - Japanese - Explanatory Note 6 has been changed to:

      Evidence will be required from responses to two different types of written texts.  The combined length of the two texts will be about 1200 kana, with kanji as appropriate.

 

·        AS90487 Languages 2.4 - Japanese - Explanatory Note 6 has been changed to:

      Evidence will be required from responses to at least two different types of written texts.  The combined length of the texts will be about 1500 kana, with kanji as appropriate.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.