AC9LC4U01
Years 3 to 4
Languages
AC9LC4U01 | Years 3 to 4 Chinese: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor recognise and use modelled combinations of sounds, tone-syllable pronunciation and intonation patterns to form words and phrases, and understand that Pinyin is the romanisation of characters
Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Chinese · Second language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration recognising and demonstrating Chinese combinations of sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns in Chinese tongue twisters or nursery rhyme performances, for example, 白猫黑鼻子, 黑猫白鼻子, 白猫的黑鼻子碰破了黑猫的白鼻子, 黑猫的白鼻子碰破了白猫的黑鼻子
- • Elaboration demonstrating understanding of the four tones in Chinese, and recognising when and why some tones are not expressed, for example, repetition of syllables in ‘ma-ma’, neutral tone on second syllable
- • Elaboration explaining the use of Pinyin as a learning tool to reflect the sound of Chinese spoken language, recognising sounds associated with different letters and syllables
- • Elaboration engaging in activities to raise tonal awareness, for example, listening to familiar vocabulary and demonstrating understanding of tones using gestures or adding tones on Pinyin, in an expression such as 妈妈骂马
- • Elaboration playing pair matching card games, for example, matching character to Pinyin
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