AC9LJ10U03 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on and evaluate Japanese texts, using metalanguage to analyse language structures and features

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using metalanguage to describe and apply grammatical concepts and language elements めいし、けいようし、どうし、ぶん, and to organise learning resources such as verb charts and lists of vocabulary and sentence structures
• • Elaboration understanding the concept of borrowed and created language 外来語 (がいらいご) and 和製英語 (わせいえいご), for example, スマホ、マスコミ、メル友、タイプする, to create new meanings, and understanding the reason for the emergence of such words, for example, changing attitudes to social practices, globalisation, social media and digital communication
• • Elaboration examining the use and purpose of popular Japanese idioms and proverbs ことわざ in texts, and better understand culture and values, for example, ‘でるくいはうたれる’ ‘はなよりだんご’ ‘さるもきからおちる’ ‘一期一会’ (いちごいちえ)
• • Elaboration comparing language features of Japanese and English versions of texts, such as weather reports or text messages, including the use of abbreviations and emoticons, and noting differences that might be culturally significant