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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 (1) ACLJAC023

preparing multimodal presentations on aspects of Japanese lifestyles and cultural practices that invite comparison and contrast with their own experience, such as aspects of popular culture, for example, fashion, music or anime/manga, or ways of preparing …

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC024

comparing ideas and values represented in Japanese folk stories with similar Western folk stories/fables, for example, comparing いっすんぼうしand ‘Cinderella’

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC025

using digital technologies to create a design for an Australian theme park, shopping centre or sports arena to attract young Japanese visitors to Australia

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC026

explaining why some terms cannot be used interchangeably in Japanese as they can in English, for example, すみません/ごめんなさい。ください/おねがいします。こんにちは/もしもし。

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC027

providing bilingual subtitles or captions for a cartoon or comic that depicts intercultural encounters, for example, interactions between a Japanese exchange student and an Australian host family

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC028

noticing cultural cues when interacting with Japanese speakers or resources that suggest differences in traditions, ideas or values, for example, ways of expressing feelings or emotions, maintaining harmony by avoiding direct replies to a question by …

Elaboration (1) ACLJAC029

identifying significant life events that are marked in Australia or Japan, for example, 七五三(しちごさん)、 birthdays, 18th/21st birthdays and 成人式(せいじんしき) or marriage, and considering how these provide insight into cultural values or traditions

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU030

recognising and applying the basic pattern of intonation in Japanese, marked by the formation of a downturning curve

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU031

recognising that many kanji have multiple readings and that there are two types of readings, that is, on-yomi (音; on ‘reading’ or ‘sound’), Chinese-style pronunciation; and kun-yomi (訓; kun ‘reading’ or ‘explanation’), Japanese-style pronunciation

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU032

understanding and applying the rules of the plain form, and knowing that the basic form of all Japanese verbs ends in -u, -eru or -iru, as listed in dictionaries

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU033

applying understanding of the textual features of different text types to construct simple narratives, messages, slogans or song lyrics, noticing how the choice of language and text structure works to achieve each text’s purpose

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU034

finding examples of informal forms of language used by young Japanese speakers, such as the use of abbreviations or emoticons when texting and the use of loan words when discussing popular culture, for example, ‘J-rock’, ‘J-pop’, ‘fast food’

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU035

finding examples of ways in which social and cultural influences impact on language, for example, the abbreviation of borrowed words in Japanese, such as スマホ、パソコン、 the combination of borrowed words + する、オーガナイズする、 and メル友 for e-pal

Elaboration (1) ACLJAU036

considering the cultural significance of language associated with interactions such as issuing, accepting or declining invitations, leave-taking at social events, offering thanks, or giving and receiving gifts, for example, どうぞ。あまり…。どうもありがとうございます。、 and …

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