AC9LC2C03 Year 1 Languages

AC9LC2C03 – Year 1 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Chinese

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

locate, with support, key information in familiar texts, and respond using gestures, images, words and formulaic phrases

Elaborations

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listening to the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Chinese language, and matching the food eaten with the days of the week, or listening to a song about animals and putting picture cards of animals in the same sequence as the song
• listening for key information in print or digital texts (stories, conversations, picture books, video, etc.) and responding to questions in Chinese with 是, 不是, 对, 不对, 有, 没有
• recognising symbols, words and phrases of written Chinese characters, in labels, titles and captions, and using them to label or name items or personal possessions such as stationery 书包, 我的书, 橡皮, 苹果 or adding the labels, titles or captions to pictures in a story or comic
• recognising that gesture and body language are integral to communicating in language for First Nations Australians, and showing examples of how this is also reflected in Chinese, and the language(s) they speak at home
• retelling the main information of a story which has been read to the class
• listening to text and choosing the appropriate picture or character on an interactive whiteboard or tablet
• identifying key words in songs, chants, rhymes and stories and responding with the associated gestures or miming the actions

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANCHISLF10Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use Chinese language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use simple formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create text. They copy some familiar characters and Pinyin.Students imitate the sounds, tones and rhythms of Chinese. They demonstrate understanding that Chinese has rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing, and that characters are a form of writing and Pinyin reflects the sounds of spoken Chinese. They give examples of similarities and differences between some features of Chinese and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).