Year 3 Japanese Achievement Standard – Australian Curriculum v9
This Achievement Standard describes what students are expected to know and do in Year 3 Languages by the end of the year. Teachers can use it to guide assessment design, collect evidence of learning, and ensure planning stays aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9.
What Students Should Know
By the end of Year 4, students use Japanese language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal world. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts. They use hiragana with support, and familiar kanji appropriate to context.
Students imitate hiragana sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of Japanese language. They demonstrate understanding that Japanese has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Japanese and make comparisons between Japanese and English. They understand that the Japanese language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).
Content Descriptors by Strand
This standard is supported by 9 Content Descriptors:
Communicating meaning in Japanese
Interacting in Japanese
AC9LJ4C01 initiate exchanges and respond to modelled questions about self, others, and classroom environment, using formulaic expressions AC9LJ4C02 participate in activities that involve planning with others, using a range of familiar phrases and modelled structuresMediating meaning in and between languages
AC9LJ4C03 locate and respond to key information related to familiar content obtained from spoken, written and multimodal texts AC9LJ4C04 develop strategies to comprehend and adjust Japanese language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaningCreating text in Japanese
AC9LJ4C05 create and present informative and imaginative spoken, written and multimodal texts using formulaic expressions, simple sentences, modelled textual conventions, hiragana with the chart as support, and familiar kanji appropriate to contextUnderstanding language and culture
Understanding systems of language
AC9LJ4U01 recognise and use modelled combinations of hiragana sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of Japanese to form words and phrases AC9LJ4U02 recognise Japanese language conventions, some kana and kanji rules, simple grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts AC9LJ4U03 recognise familiar Japanese language features and compare with those of English, in known contextsUnderstanding the interrelationship of language and culture
AC9LJ4U04 identify connections between Japanese language and cultural practicesAt a Glance
| Strand | Substrand | CDs | Elaborations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communicating meaning in Japanese | Interacting in Japanese | 2 | 12 |
| Communicating meaning in Japanese | Mediating meaning in and between languages | 2 | 12 |
| Communicating meaning in Japanese | Creating text in Japanese | 1 | 9 |
| Understanding language and culture | Understanding systems of language | 3 | 21 |
| Understanding language and culture | Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture | 1 | 8 |
| Total | 9 | 62 | |