Elaboration ACLJAC136
noticing how respect is shown to teachers and classmates through practices such as apologising for ‘interrupting’ when entering a room, しつれいします、おくれて すみません, expressing humility by not going first or putting oneself forward どうぞ, or not using さん for sel …
Elaboration | ACLJAC136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAC136
practising ways of accepting compliments or praise in Japanese, for example, by saying いいえ instead of ありがとう。, and comparing this with what they would do in a similar situation in their own language(s)
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAC136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAC136
noticing differences between Japanese and Australian-English language used in certain social situations, for example, いただきます、ごちそうさまでした, before and after meals, and ただいま、おかえりなさい, when leaving or returning home, including forms of address and the use of …
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAC136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAC136
considering how some aspects of Australian ways of communicating such as greetings, responding to thanks or using direct eye contact may be interpreted by people from a Japanese cultural background
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAC136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLJAC137
using digital resources to create a self-profile such as an avatar or montage to exchange with a potential Japanese friend, selecting key words and simple expressions from word banks and modelled statements that capture their sense of themselves, and …
Elaboration | ACLJAC137 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAC137
sharing ideas about their family cultures, creating visual or digital representations of their families, friendship groups and communities, and listing key terms and expressions associated with each group
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAC137 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAC137
noticing and comparing their own and one another’s ways of communicating, identifying any elements that reflect cultural differences or influences of other languages, including those from the Asia region
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAC137 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLJAU138
recognising that there are 19 distinct consonants in Japanese (k, g, s, sh, z, j, t, ch, ts, d, n, h, f, b, p, m, y, r, w) and five vowels (a, i, u, e, o)
Elaboration | ACLJAU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU138
understanding the system of basic Japanese sound combinations, that is, a vowel can be attached to most consonants to produce a kana
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAU138
understanding that vowel length can differentiate words in Japanese, for example, ‘e’ (え) for a picture and ‘ee’ (ええ) for ‘yeah’
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAU138
recognising the concept of the minimum unit of rhythm in Japanese (‘foot’ or フット) and that one foot in Japanese consists of two moras, for example, ごちそうさま is pronounced as a three-foot word ごち・そう・さま
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLJAU138
demonstrating understanding of the differences in pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as バナナ、ペット、サッカー
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLJAU139
learning how to use the character chart as a systematic framework for reading and writing
Elaboration | ACLJAU139 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU139
understanding that there is a stroke order for both kana and kanji
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU139 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAU139
recognising that Japanese has various printed fonts and that handwritten forms of several characters differ from the printed versions in most fonts, for example, き、さ、ふ、ら、り
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAU139 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAU139
learning to read and write words using kana
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAU139 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLJAU140
developing metalanguage for communicating about language, using concepts such as parts of speech, for example, ‘noun’, ‘verb’ and ‘adjective’
Elaboration | ACLJAU140 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU140
understanding the rules of Japanese word order (subject + object + verb), the use of associated particles は、を、と、も、に, and the use of が in formulaic expressions, for example, noun が すき です。
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU140 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAU140
describing actions using verb ます form, for example, すし を たべます。
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAU140 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAU140
understanding the rules for conjugating verbs, such as ～ます、～>ましょう、～ました、～ません
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAU140 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum