AC9LCH8C03
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9LCH8C03 | Years 7 to 8 Chinese: Mediating meaning in and between languages
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor interpret and analyse information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience
Background language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Communicating meaning in Chinese
Substrand
Mediating meaning in and between languages
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Chinese · Background language learners · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration accessing information from a range of sources and responding with a personal action or opinion such as 每个家庭都应该回收垃圾以保护环境。
- • Elaboration using strategies to understand and respond to texts, for example, identifying the gist of a range of texts such as articles, conversations with familiar adults, television advertisements and documentaries, to inform self and others on topical issues, for example, 健康生活
- • Elaboration accessing a range of print and digital texts, such as books, web pages, documentaries, news items and interviews, to collate and present information about aspects of Chinese and Australian lifestyles, for example, creating a multimodal presentation on Chinese teenagers’ fashion and taste in music
- • Elaboration listening to, reading or viewing First Nations Australian authors’ stories in English and writing a summary or report in Chinese
- • Elaboration researching information and considering the credibility of websites, for example, using Chinese search engines to access a range of sources online and asking questions such as 这个网站看上去像正规网站吗？ 这个网站是官网吗?
- • Elaboration responding to a narrative, writing and performing a simple speech by a main character, and demonstrating empathy
- • Elaboration identifying differences between language use in formal interviews, speeches and everyday conversations, and replicating this in their own speeches and conversations, such as 你怎么看？你觉得呢？
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- • Elaboration listening to, viewing and reading a range of texts, including multimodal and digital narratives such as cartoons, films, comics, stories, poems and songs, and discussing responses to themes, messages and plot, for example, 《井底之蛙》,《铁杵磨针》
- • Elaboration reading a range of imaginative texts from other cultures, keeping a reading journal 读书笔记 to record understanding and their own responses, and participating in class discussions, for example, 小王子》 and 《安徒生童话选》
- • Elaboration comparing Chinese humour with Australian expressions of humour, such as comparing Chinese comedies with Australian comedies, and discussing personal responses
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