AC9LJ10C04 Year 9 Languages

AC9LJ10C04 – Year 9 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Japanese

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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

interpret and translate non-verbal, spoken and written interactions and texts to convey meaning and intercultural understanding in familiar and unfamiliar contexts

Elaborations

• comparing English translations and interpretations of Japanese texts (song lyrics, proverbs, anime, advertisements, etc.) that contain cultural elements and references
• listening to, and interpreting authentic instances of formal and informal language, for example, understanding some keigo in public announcements ～でございます, and informal ‘slang’ between friends めっちゃかわいい！, and reflecting on differences between spoken and written forms
• evaluating the relative strengths and limitations of print dictionaries and digital translators, for example, comparing words, phrases and sentences to identify instances of non-equivalence and the importance of considering context and audience in translating texts to interpret meaning
• discussing how texts, such as films, plays, songs and bilingual rakugo, use humour or aesthetic effects to provide commentary on social issues such as family, identity, status or humility

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANJAPF10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students contribute to and extend interactions in Japanese language in increasingly unfamiliar contexts related to a wide range of interests and issues. They interpret texts by evaluating and synthesising information, ideas and perspectives. They show understanding of how features of language can be used to influence audience response. They create texts, selecting and manipulating language for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They apply and use complex sentences and structures to create and respond to spoken and written texts. They use a variety of tenses to sequence events and use language devices to enhance meaning and cohesion. They select and use combinations of kana and a range of kanji appropriate to context.Students incorporate features, conventions and phrasing patterns of spoken Japanese in informal and formal speech, to extend fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the conventions of spoken and written texts and the connections between them. They apply knowledge of scripts, language structures and features, to make and predict meaning. They identify multiple readings of familiar kanji in different compounds. They support analysis of Japanese texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own cultural perspectives and identity, and draw on their experience of learning Japanese, to evaluate how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.