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) | ACLCHC135 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACLCHC136 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACLCHC137 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACLCHU138 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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) | ACLCHU139 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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
Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU140 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLCHU141
identifying differences and similarities in language choices and text structure across spoken and written texts, for example, comparing an announcement with a public notice
Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU141 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLCHU142
differentiating language use based on different functions, for example, making commands (过来！) or making requests (你可以过来一下吗？)
Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU142 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLCHU143
making personal connections with particular dialects of Chinese, asking peers which dialects are spoken in their families, and inviting others to say a few words in their own dialect, for example, 我爷爷说广东话
Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU143 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLCHU144
associating the literal and cultural meanings of words and expressions such as 红红火火
Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU144 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum