AC9LC8U02 Years 7 to 8 Languages

Content descriptor apply understanding of sentence structures, expressions, character components and writing system features to infer meaning, and compose and respond to texts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration typing correct characters using Pinyin to respond to questions in Chinese language
• • Elaboration 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)
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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...
• • Elaboration using different ways to negate ideas depending on degree of formality or emphasis, for example, 我不是..., 我没有..., 我不会

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• • Elaboration recognising the two-syllable preference in Chinese nouns, and applying this understanding when reading for meaning in words with suffixes such as 学校, 学生, 学习