AC9LCH10EC03
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LCH10EC03 | Years 9 to 10 Chinese: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor analyse and evaluate information, ideas and perspectives in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience
Background and first language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in Chinese
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Chinese · Background and first language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration evaluating key messages in contemporary texts such as magazines, newspapers, websites or podcasts designed for Chinese-speaking high-school students, and writing a review about the content
- • Elaboration listening to or reading texts and analysing how language conveys meaning, such as rhetorical questions, irony or sarcasm in texts, for example, 你不会真想去参加铁人三项吧?
- • Elaboration applying understanding of news articles and other formal text types to create their own response to contemporary issues in Chinese-speaking communities, for example, 人口老龄化
- • Elaboration listening to or reading a First Nations Australian author’ story in English, and presenting or writing a reflective personal response in Chinese
- • Elaboration accessing a range of digital and other texts such as books, documentaries or interviews, to collate and present information about current affairs, for example, creating a multimodal presentation on recycling, education in rural communities or the impact of social media on young people
- • Elaboration analysing and evaluating information obtained from a range of sources, including statistical data, quotations or research-based evidence, to develop an overview on matters such as public health or safety, environmental pollution, population change or rapid urbanisation
- • Elaboration evaluating print or digital resources for reliability and referencing them appropriately, such as researching popular careers in a particular society and giving a speech to justify choice, for example, 有一篇文章中说 ... (BL) 根据2022年搜狐网上有关未来职业的一篇文章 ... (L1)
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- • Elaboration exploring how different forms of entertainment are used to express or reflect contemporary issues, for example, analysing 春晚小品 and how the topics are related to the trending events of the year
- • Elaboration creating a simplified or a more detailed script in response to a movie such as a science-fiction story, and using terms derived from the movie in their own script, for example, 《霹雳贝贝》,《流浪地球》
- • Elaboration identifying choices of words and phrasing that influence a reader’s response to texts, such as language to persuade the reader to endorse the writer’s views, and then applying this in their own writing, for example, 难道不是每一个有良知的人都会认同吗?
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