Course prescriptions for Japanese Extension 2025–2030
Students taking Japanese Extension study language and culture through prescribed themes and contemporary issues, via a range of prescribed texts. Find out more about these course prescriptions.
About the course prescriptions
There are prescribed texts required for study in the Japanese Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:
- Japanese Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
- Record of changes for Japanese Extension Stage 6 Syllabus
There is a prescribed text required for study in the Japanese Extension course.
The organisational focus of the Japanese Extension course is the theme: the individual and contemporary society. A number of issues that exemplify aspects of the theme are prescribed for study. Students engage with the issues through the study of a prescribed text and related texts.
NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.
Prescribed issues
| Connectedness | Journeys | Diversity of values |
|---|---|---|
Examples:
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Prescribed text
Text type: Film
Title: Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる)
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Extracts for study
There are 10 extracts prescribed for study. Please note that indicated times are approximate.
| Extract | From | Opening with | To | Closing with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extract 1 | 00:40 | (Knocking on the door) 試験官: どうぞ。 | 5:20 | うん。私は公立でもかまわないと思っているんだけれど、「後で苦労するよりか今がんばっといた方が」って良多さんが。 |
| Extract 2 | 20:00 | (At the Buddhist Altar) みどりの母： 今だから言うんだけどさ。 | 23:28 | (At the play centre) 雄大: これもいっしょに。 |
| Extract 3 | 23:40 | ( at the play centre – Ryota glances at Ryusei) | 27:56 | 鈴本弁護士：お前、昔 っからファザコンだったからな。 |
| Extract 4 | 35:50 | (The children are waiting for dinner counting numbers) 子ども達: せーの,一、二，三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、十一、十二、十三、十四、十五。 | 43:25 | みどり:パパは、お仕事があるかな。 |
| Extract 5 | 45:48 | (Keita is holding a robot) 慶多: 今 こ度 、 琉 晴 くんのおうちにいつ行くの？ | 51:05 | 雄大:父親かて取りかえのきかん仕事やろ。 |
| Extract 6 | 51:16 | ゆかり：なんか、すっかり兄弟みたいね。 | 52:50 | 雄大: 負けたことのないやつってのは、本当に人の気持ち、分かんないんだな。 |
| Extract 7 | 1:10:36 | 慶多: 上手だね。 | 1:15:15 | みどり：ママがたのんであげるから。 |
| Extract 8 | 1:16:42 | 雄大：ここ、凧あげ、ダメみたい。 | 1:23:15 | 良多：なんでだろうな。 |
| Extract 9 | 1:30:57 | 鈴本弁護士：せっかく勝利の報告に来たのに、うれしそうじゃないな。 | 1:34:46 | (Ryota is calling his step-mother Nobuko in his car). 良多：うん。わかった、わかったよ。 |
| Extract 10 | 1:43:38 | (Ryota, Midori and Ryuusei are in the tent). みどり：あ、流れ星だ！ | 1:52:20 | (The end of the film until the credits roll). |
Notes
- Students need to be familiar with the whole text.
- The prescribed issues are mandatory. The listed examples are suggestions only and give a sense of the scope of the prescribed issues.
- Study of the text prescribed for any Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This exclusion applies to study in the Year 11 Japanese Continuers course and to Year 11 courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film adaptation of a novel.
- Where an extract of a film is included in the external exam, the transcription will be taken directly from the film.
Availability
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