AC9LJ4U01 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor recognise and use modelled combinations of hiragana sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of Japanese to form words and phrases

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising that there are 5 vowels (a, i, u, e, o) and 19 distinct consonants in Japanese (k, g, s, sh, z, j, t, ch, ts, d, n, h, f, b, p, m, y, r, w) and that vowels can be attached to most consonants to produce a kana
• • Elaboration recognising sounds and pronouncing hiragana characters and words, including some long vowels, for example, おとうさん、大きい, voiced sounds, for example, かぞく、たべます, and blended sounds, for example, きょう、でしょう, with reference to support resources
• • Elaboration applying some differences in pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as バナナ、ペット、サッカー in spoken texts
• • Elaboration recognising some variations in intonation, for example, rising intonation when a question is being asked or when something is an instruction or command, and using these intonation patterns in their own speech
• • Elaboration noticing some familiar kanji that may have more than one ‘sound’, for example, 日、人
• • Elaboration understanding that hiragana characters can be combined to represent words, learning how to use the chart, and recognising hiragana as a systematic framework for reading and writing
• • Elaboration recognising the concept of the minimum unit of rhythm in Japanese ‘foot’ or フット and that one foot in Japanese consists of 2 moras, for example, ごちそうさま is pronounced as a 3-foot word ごち・そう・さま