AC9LC2C03 Years 1 to 2 Languages

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration retelling the main information of a story which has been read to the class
• • Elaboration listening to text and choosing the appropriate picture or character on an interactive whiteboard or tablet
• • Elaboration identifying key words in songs, chants, rhymes and stories and responding with the associated gestures or miming the actions