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Foundation to Year 2 Japanese

The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate …

Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Japanese Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students interact with the teacher and peers through play- and action-related language. They use formulaic expressions and appropriate gestures in everyday interactions such as exchanging greetings and farewells, for example, …

Elaboration (4) ACLJAC116

identifying key words in children’s stories or songs, for example, むかしむかし、おわり, and providing English translations or explanations of meaning

ACLJAC119

Use simple statements and gestures to express aspects of self, such as membership of family, friendship, gender, school/class or cultural groups[Key concepts: identity, self, group, communication; Key processes: describing, explaining, identifying]

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Elaboration (2) ACLJAC119

noticing and comparing their own use of words or expressions from different languages when communicating in English

Elaboration ACLJAU121

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

Elaboration (3) ACLJAU124

understanding that language used in particular interactions can vary between cultural contexts, for example, the use of titles in Japanese (～さん、～せんせい) compared to the informal use of names in Australian English

Elaboration (11) ACLJAU122

learning to use common onomatopoeia such as ぺこぺこ and わんわん

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU124

understanding that language use varies according to the context and situation, for example, こんにちは。 and もしもし。

Elaboration ACLJAC116

explaining to others the meaning and use of simple expressions such as greetings that are used for different times and occasions, for example, おはようございます、いただきます

Elaboration (2) ACLJAC118

experimenting with using Japanese in spontaneous interactions, for example, いたい、すごい、ぺこぺこ、がんばれ,、noticing any changes in the use of voice or body language and communicating how this feels

Elaboration (2) ACLJAU122

understanding the use of common suffixes such as さん or くん or titles such as せんせい to address and refer to other people, for example, Luke くん and White せんせい

Elaboration (2) ACLJAU123

beginning to use metalanguage to talk about texts, identifying and naming familiar types of texts, such as ‘story’, ‘list’, ‘song’, ‘rhyme’ and ‘tongue twister’, and describing features, for example, stories usually have a story starter (むかしむかし), while …

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