AC9LCHF02 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore, with support, language features of Chinese noticing similarities and differences between Chinese and English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration observing that Chinese Pinyin uses the same letters as in English, and noticing that Pinyin has different sounds and meanings, for example, chī (吃) (to eat), zhōng (中) (middle)
• • Elaboration exploring the facial movements involved with making sound blends in Chinese and English
• • Elaboration tracing the letters of the alphabet and imitating the beginning vowel sounds, for example, tracing and imitating bēi jīng, shàng hǎi, tái wān
• • Elaboration participating in alphabet songs, chants and rhymes to imitate Chinese pronunciation, intonation and stress
• • Elaboration making connections with Chinese words and phrases used in everyday life in Australia, for example, food names such as 春卷, 饺子, 包子
• • Elaboration experimenting with sounds, such as animal sounds, used in Chinese, for example, comparing the sound wàng wàng (bow wow) with languages represented in the class
• • Elaboration exploring and practising intonation patterns and understanding the difference of stress patterns in statements, questions and exclamations, for example, 你真棒！太好了！

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• • Elaboration noticing that language changes in different situations and with different people, such as noticing exchanges between children and parents, students and teachers or friends, for example, 妈妈，我放学回来了。谢谢老师,老师再见！