AC9LJ4C04 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor develop strategies to comprehend and adjust Japanese language in familiar contexts to convey cultural meaning

Elaborations

• • Elaboration explaining features of Japanese language protocols such as the use of formulaic expressions, for example, いってきます、ただいま, basic counter classifiers, and the indication of politeness by using です and ます
• • Elaboration noticing differences in the ways in which Japanese, English and speakers of other language communicate, for example, noticing differences in communication with young children, unfamiliar adults or elderly people おはよう and おはようございます, the absence of a suffix after a family member’s name, and different pronouns
• • Elaboration creating a word bank or class book with Japanese words and expressions that do not translate easily into English, for example, よろしくおねがいします、いただきます、いってきます、がんばって
• • Elaboration taking on the role of a character from a story or situation and creating and presenting a skit, song or rap to convey language and cultural information using non-verbal and verbal communication, for example, crossing hands over chest to indicate ばつ (wrong) in a role-play
• • Elaboration using a familiar text as a stimulus to complete a role-play with their own creative input, for example, role-playing a Japanese folk tale, changing the main characters and items to suit their own preferences