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Elaboration (1) ACLCHC121

sharing information about their family background, such as country of origin, languages and dialects spoken, and current locations of extended family, for example, 我爸爸是从中国来的。他会说普通话和上海话

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU122

practising the ‘flow’ of a sentence in Chinese, using gesture to help demonstrate tone and stress

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU123

copying characters with attention to the location, direction and order of strokes

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU124

categorising words into word types common across languages, for example, 家人 as noun, 四 as number

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU125

comparing familiar texts in Chinese and English and discussing features in common, for example, storybook covers normally consist of book title, image, author’s name and illustrator’s name

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU126

understanding that gestures can enhance communication but might be interpreted differently by different people

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU127

identifying countries and regions in the world where Chinese is used as a major language

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU128

examining pictures of different marketplaces and noticing differences between food markets and grocery stores in China and Australia

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC129

discussing topics beyond the immediate home context, including subjects from other learning areas, for example, 乘法口诀, 名人 and 地理

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC130

negotiating details in a transaction, such as stating preferred size, quantity or price, and concluding the transaction with the exchange of currency

gathering information by surveying family and friends about languages spoken, country of origin, or participation in cultural events and leisure activities, and displaying information on frequency charts

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC132

supporting presentations using pictures, charts and graphs appropriate to the task, such as using bar charts to show data on 学校学生语言背景统计表 / 班上同学使用交通工具统计表

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC133

discussing depiction and features of characters in various forms of entertainment, such as differences between characters and how these differences are demonstrated, for example, in the cartoon 《喜羊羊和灰太狼》

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC134

creating simple narratives of the day in the life of a person, animal or fictional character (for example, 《小狗汪汪的一天》), sequencing events and using supporting images

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC135

designing bilingual signs (characters/Pinyin/English) to post on key buildings and rooms around the school that convey short messages such as descriptions of the place or the rules in that place

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC136

creating bilingual texts to share with others, for example, adding English to a Chinese New Year poster or couplet, adding Chinese headings to an Australian tourism promotion brochure, adding Chinese to a class weekly timetable

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC137

deciding how best to address and refer to others (for example, addressing an older stranger as 姐姐 or 阿姨 in Chinese) and considering how that person would be addressed in English

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU138

understanding the aesthetic features of reading out loud 朗诵 and reciting 背诵, focusing on phrasing, stress and intonation of Chinese spoken language

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU139

applying rules of stroke direction and stroke order when writing characters, paying attention to details such as length of a stroke to discriminate similar forms, for example, 土 and 士

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU140

learning meta-terms to describe grammar rules in Chinese, for example, the placement of 主语 (subject), 动词 (verb), 名词 (noun) in sentences

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