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Years 9 and 10 Japanese

The nature of the learners Students have prior experience of learning Japanese and bring a range of capabilities, strategies and knowledge that can be applied to new learning. They are expanding the range and nature of their learning experiences and …

Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Japanese

The nature of the learners Students are beginning their study of Japanese and typically have had little prior exposure to the language and associated culture. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school, while some have proficiency …

Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (9) ACLJAU013

understanding the use of furigana as a tool to support reading

Elaboration (2) ACLJAU014

understanding that pronouns are used far less frequently in Japanese than in English

Elaboration (2) ACLJAU012

understanding that the sounds of hiragana and katakana are identical even though the associated scripts are different

Elaboration ACLJAU013

understanding that the Japanese language uses three different scripts depending on word origins and on the context of language use

Elaboration (4) ACLJAU014

understanding the role of sentence-ending particles such as かand ね

Elaboration (5) ACLJAU014

understanding that the word order of noun phrases is not important as long as they appear before the verb and are accompanied by correct particles

Elaboration (5) ACLJAU017

understanding that all languages change, that some are constantly growing and expanding and that others are disappearing or being revived, as in the case of many indigenous languages

Elaboration (5) ACLJAU032

understanding and using いand な adjectives in the present and past tense

Elaboration ACLJAU012

understanding the system of Japanese sound combinations, that Japanese has five vowels and that a vowel can be attached to all consonants except ‘ん’

Elaboration (3) ACLJAU030

understanding how to make appropriate pauses in a sentence, dividing the sentence into cohesive chunks to allow for the use of あいづち

Elaboration ACLJAU035

understanding that each region of Japan has its own dialect and accents, and that Japan, like Australia, also has some indigenous languages

Elaboration (7) ACLJAU014

understanding the rules of verb conjugation, for example, ます、～ましょう、～ました、～ません、～ませんでした

Elaboration (15) ACLJAU014

understanding the use of こそあどseries in concrete contexts, for example, これ、それ、あれ、どれ

Elaboration (2) ACLJAU015

understanding that the format of Japanese texts can include either たてがき or よこがき、 according to the context, purpose and intended audience

Elaboration (4) ACLJAU015

understanding conventions associated with using げんこうようし、 for example, the size of small characters, the position in the square and the placing of punctuation

Elaboration (4) ACLJAU017

understanding that there are Japanese-speaking communities outside Japan, for example, in the United States, in particular Hawaii, and South America, and that Japanese is widely taught in many countries around the world and within the Asia-Pacific region, …

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC022

understanding the gist and recording specific details from texts such as websites, newspaper articles, documentaries, reports or podcasts on topics such as popular culture, schools, sports or leisure activities in Japan

Elaboration ACLJAU030

understanding that some new notations have been devised over the years to account for the sounds of loan words, for example, ティ、ヴィ、ヴ

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