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AC9LC10EC06 Years 9 to 10 Languages

AC9LC10EC06 | Years 9 to 10 Chinese: Creating text in Chinese

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor create spoken, written and multimodal informative and imaginative texts, selecting vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures and textual conventions for familiar and some unfamiliar contexts and purposes, to engage different audiences

Second language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence

Strand
Communicating meaning in Chinese
Substrand
Creating text in Chinese

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Chinese · Second language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration creating short performances, (a skit about celebrating the Spring Festival, a simple song about school life, a rap about being a student of Chinese, etc.) and incorporating idioms, 年年有余, 人山人海
  • • Elaboration portraying a scene from a familiar narrative (a skit or short play recounting an event from a well-known novel, etc.) and considering how the main characters represent their experiences and express their emotions through their interactions
  • • Elaboration developing an information kit, supported by visuals, about their local city or region to provide to Chinese-speaking visitors via a local tourism website, including details on history, climate, environment and cultural activities
  • • Elaboration writing a journal entry, or contributing to a school newsletter in Chinese reflecting on the impact of a visit to a significant cultural location on a First Nations Country/Place, and, with permission, referring to cultural knowledge of the site
  • • Elaboration producing multimodal presentations to deliver information about aspects of leisure activities, education or community life, for example, 澳大利亚的运动, and expressing opinions and perspectives, using data and examples to support ideas, for example, 我觉得这个电影很没意思, 因为... , 而且... , 所以...
  • • Elaboration creating a role-play, exploring how alternative words can be used to convey varying degrees of emotion and attitude towards people, places and events, for example, 我真高兴!, 你快乐吗?, 他很幸福。
  • • Elaboration composing a creative account of an imagined experience with Chinese-speaking visitors to the local community, for example, hosting a student from Hong Kong or taking a tour group to a local event, describing scenes, feelings and emotions, for example, 我真高兴!, 太棒了!
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  • • Elaboration creating a Chinese voice-over for a scene from an English language sitcom, experimenting with ways in which language, image, behaviour and humour are used to enhance meaning and entertainment
  • • Elaboration devising a set of posters or signs in Chinese to remind people of school expectations, for example, 爱护花草, 请安静, 可回收物, 不可回收物, 关闭手机
  • • Elaboration writing information about life in diverse environments, expressing ideas with elaborated details to enhance meaning and engage readers, for example, 今天太冷了!只有零下五度。还下雪。只能在家呆着。

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