AC9LC8U02 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

Elaborations

• • typing correct characters using Pinyin to respond to questions in Chinese language
• • describing characters by naming their components or sides in sequence, for example, 亻 (standing man) on the left, 木 (tree) on the right ＝ 休 (rest)
• • viewing words in 繁体字 in familiar contexts and applying their understanding of the simplification process to determine the possible meanings and the 简体字 equivalent, for example, 个, 個; 汉, 漢
• • comparing ways in which tense is expressed in Chinese, for example, 了 to indicate completion; 过 to indicate the experience; 想 to indicate intention; verb negation 没有 to indicate incomplete past; and 正在 to indicate action in progress
• • understanding and using elements of Chinese grammar and punctuation, (word order, sentence construction, etc.) and analysing Chinese-specific sentence structures, for example, 能不能, 有没有
• • exploring and applying the use of conjunctions to sequence and connect ideas when constructing texts, for example, 有的… 有的..., 一边… 一边, 不但... 而且..., 虽然…, 但是...
• • using different ways to negate ideas depending on degree of formality or emphasis, for example, 我不是..., 我没有..., 我不会

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: