AC9LCH10EU03
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LCH10EU03 | Years 9 to 10 Chinese: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor analyse a range of Chinese texts, using metalanguage to explain linguistic, textual and cultural elements
Background and first language learners · Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
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 using metalanguage in Chinese or English to identify the grammatical differences between languages, such as word order, verb moods, tenses, possessive pronouns, adjectives, participles and auxiliary verbs
- • Elaboration analysing the sequence of content in different text types such as personal blogs or news articles, for example, headings, paragraphing, topic sentences, elaborations, topic/idea shifts (BL) and referencing (L1)
- • Elaboration explaining the use of data such as census information and surveys, and in-text referencing, that writer's use to support and substantiate their views (BL)
- • Elaboration incorporating statistical data, quotations and research-based evidence in their own texts, for example, 据统计， 计划生育政策实行以来， 中国的人口少生了三亿 (L1)
- • Elaboration analysing language used in a range of text types, for example, comparing emails for a variety of purposes and identifying language reflecting different levels of formality (BL)
- • Elaboration analysing language and writing techniques used in traditional Chinese, such as the 4 steps in composing an essay, referring to the phrase 起承转合 (L1)
- • Elaboration analysing the layout of magazines and online texts to identify how the images, fonts and words reinforce understanding of the key ideas and writer’s position
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- • Elaboration identifying linguistic terms and considering the concise ways in which world events are reported in Chinese media, for example, identifying key language in reports on the Olympics
- • Elaboration comparing literature across languages and cultures, and recognising different features, for example, identifying how magic and danger are portrayed in folk legends or stories, such as comparing 《西游记》and Harry Potter
- • Elaboration exploring examples of literary language and how grammatical features differ from everyday text, for example, a mobile text message versus a novel (BL) or comparing 文言 and 白话 (L1)
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