AC9LJ10EU01 Year 9 Languages

AC9LJ10EU01 – Year 9 Languages: Understanding systems of language

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Understanding language and culture

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Understanding systems of language

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

apply features of the Japanese sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts, and recognise multiple readings of familiar kanji in different compounds

Elaborations

• developing oral fluency, exploring how rhythm, pitch and the use of connectives, interjections and gestures contribute to maintaining momentum and increasing confidence and engagement
• understanding how to make appropriate pauses in a sentence, dividing the sentence into cohesive chunks to allow for the use of あいづち
• understanding that many kanji have multiple readings and that there are 2 types of readings, that is, on-yomi (音; on ‘reading’ or ‘sound’), Chinese-style pronunciation, and kun-yomi (訓; kun ‘reading’ or ‘explanation’), Japanese style pronunciation; both on-yomi and kun-yomi can have multiple readings
• explaining that some new notations have been devised over the years to account for the sounds of loan words, for example, ティ、ヴィ、ヴ
• understanding and applying differences in the pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as インターネット、セルフィ、ファストフード and pronouncing unfamiliar katakana words
• using Japanese pitch and accent patterns, for example, practising high and low pitch type when pronouncing words and sentences, は↓し(chopstick) - high-low, は↑し(bridge) - low-high
• recognising and applying patterns of intonation in Japanese, such as general formation of a down turning curve and a rising intonation when asking questions in plain or ましょう form, for example, 行く？、行きましょうか。

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• applying knowledge of the sounds of Japanese, using romaji input on a keyboard to type texts in script, and choosing kanji appropriate to context

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASLANJAP7_10Y910

Year 9 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students initiate and sustain Japanese language to exchange and compare ideas and experiences about their own and others’ personal world. They communicate using non-verbal, spoken and written language to collaborate, plan and reflect on activities and events. They interpret and analyse information and ideas in texts and demonstrate understanding of different perspectives. They synthesise information and respond in Japanese or English, adjusting language to convey meaning and to suit context, purpose and audience. They use structures and features of spoken and written Japanese to create texts. They use a combination of kana and a range of familiar kanji appropriate to context.Students apply features of the Japanese sound system to enhance fluency. They demonstrate understanding of the sound system in spoken exchanges and scripts for written texts, and select and use sentence and grammatical structures to interact, make meaning and create texts. They identify multiple readings of familiar kanji in different compounds. They support discussion of structures and features of texts, using metalanguage. They reflect on their own language use and cultural identity, and draw on their experience of learning Japanese, to discuss how this learning influences their ideas and ways of communicating.