AC9LCH2C04 Year 1 Languages

AC9LCH2C04 – Year 1 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Chinese

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 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.

Content Descriptor

recognise that language carries cultural meaning in everyday social interactions

Elaborations

• discussing the meanings and different implications between 我要去厕所。and 我可以去厕所吗？
• showing politeness in different contexts, for example, making requests 请, 请问, thanking someone using 非常感谢
• learning about etiquette in everyday social contexts such as how to address adults, for example, 王阿姨好, 马叔叔好
• understanding Chinese cultural gestures, for example, standing up to greet a teacher, receiving an object with both hands or counting numbers 1–10 with fingers
• creating bilingual resources such as illustrated Chinese-English and English-Chinese wall charts or digital flashcards
• discussing Chinese words or expressions that appear to have no equivalent in English, for example, 哪里哪里,不要客气,快吃吧！
• discussing meanings of colloquial phrases used on specific occasions, for example, 恭喜发财 to give New Year wishes, and exploring how such sentiments are expressed in English

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• interpreting language, facial expressions and other visual cues to inform their own response to characters and stories presented in animations or songs, for example, 《年的故事》

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASLANCHIBLLF-1Y12

Year 1 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 2, students use Chinese language to interact and share information related to the classroom and themselves. They use cues to respond to questions and instructions, and use formulaic language. They locate and convey key items of information in texts using non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They use familiar words and modelled language to create texts. They recognise and use familiar characters and Pinyin to make words and sentences. Students recognise and use the sounds, tones and rhythms of spoken Chinese. They demonstrate understanding that Chinese has rules for non-verbal communication, pronunciation and writing. They give examples of similarities and differences between features of Chinese and English. They understand that language is connected with culture, and notice how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).