AC9LCHF02 Foundation Languages

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

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

Elaborations

• 1

  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)

• 2 exploring the facial movements involved with making sound blends in Chinese and English
• 3

  tracing the letters of the alphabet and imitating the beginning vowel sounds, for example, tracing and imitating bēi jīng, shàng hǎi, tái wān

• 4 participating in alphabet songs, chants and rhymes to imitate Chinese pronunciation, intonation and stress
• 5 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
• 6

  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

• 7 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！
• 8 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！

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