AC9LCF01 – Foundation Languages: null

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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

• 1 imitating and playing with vocabulary using pictures flashcards, puppets, picture books and repetitive language
• 2 listening for key words and responding, for example, the teacher calls a number and students make a group with that number, using Chinese hand gestures for numbers or matching information heard with pictures or other visual clues
• 3 repeating and practising greetings at different times of the day using modelled language 早上好, 下午好, 晚上好, 老师早
• 4 playing familiar games in Chinese using target vocabulary, such as Sleeping Lions, Hide and Seek, What's the Time Mr. Fox?, Rock, Paper, Scissors 石头, 剪刀, 布, Simon Says 老师说, and Fruit Salad running games
• 5 responding to basic classroom commands, for example, 起立, 坐下, 请安静
• 6 singing and listening to songs in Chinese including traditional nursery rhymes, for example, 我的朋友在哪里, 生日快乐, 找朋友, with gestures and movement
• 7 expressing preferences and needs, for example, 喜欢, 不喜欢, 我要
• 8 practising modelled tones, rhythms, actions, and gestures that support meaning, to share information
• 9 sharing simple information about self 我叫 in play-based activities and games, for example, role-plays using puppets or toys
• 10 listening to Chinese idiomatic stories and retelling these stories using illustrations or craft materials

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