AC9LC10U02 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor apply knowledge of sentence structures and character form and function to predict meaning and compose texts that contain some complex structures and ideas

Elaborations

• • Elaboration handwriting simple sentences using correct characters to respond to questions
• • Elaboration exploring examples of types of simplifications and ways of associating traditional characters with known simplified forms such as whole simplifications 为-為, part substitutions 汉-漢 and half simplifications 说-說
• • Elaboration exploring ways to indicate complements of direction, for example, 上来, 下来; 进来, 进去; 回来, 回去; indicating abstract meanings 想出来, 答不上来, 停下来, 写上去
• • Elaboration comparing ways in which tense is expressed in Chinese, for example, 了 to indicate completion; 完 to indicate the achievement of a desired result; 打算, 计划 to indicate intention
• • Elaboration understanding elements of Chinese grammar such as word order and sentence construction, for example, analysing Chinese-specific grammatical structures and features such as 把 structure, and passive voice using 被
• • Elaboration making use of conjunctions to demonstrate sequence …就, 先...(然后) 再, inference 既然…就, concessions 即使…也, condition 无论…都, choices 不是…就是 and preference 除了…以外…也
• • Elaboration exploring ways to express similarities or comparatives using 和...一样, 比, 比较, 更, 最

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• • Elaboration distinguishing the differences between using structural particles 的, 得, 地 in sentences appropriate to the contexts, for example, 你的看法很有意思, 你说得好, 他很认真地在说
• • Elaboration comparing the use of words that rely on interpretation of contexts to convey the intended meaning, for example, 让, 给
• • Elaboration expressing conditions such as 如果…就; expressing cause and effect such as 为了...; and expressing the condition, quality or result of an action, for example, 坐得下, 说得对, 做完, 买到