AC9LJ4U02 Year 3 Languages

AC9LJ4U02 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 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

recognise Japanese language conventions, some kana and kanji rules, simple grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts

Elaborations

• recognising and using the rules of simple Japanese word order (subject+object+verb/copula) with support
• developing understanding of present tense ます form with particles を and に, for example, ぶどうをたべます、がっこうにいきます, and beginning to use in texts
• describing people, animals, places and things using adjectives or adjective-noun phrases, for example, おいしいです、おいしいもも
• understanding that there is a stroke order and that there are rules for kana and kanji, and practising numbering strokes in order when writing characters
• recognising the function of, and using some particles in sentences, for example, は after the subject, の to indicate ownership, か for questions and が in formulaic expressions such as がすきです
• recognising some Japanese writing conventions and different ways of presenting texts, for example, observing layout, direction, the use of squared paper and punctuation, たてがき, よこがき
• recognising and using basic counters in Japanese for different purposes such as expressing quantity and time, for example, ～人、～才、～月、～じ、はん and counting from 1–100

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• seeking information using question words within modelled sentence structures, なに、なん、いつ、どこ and だれ and the sentence-ending particle か, for example, なにがすきですか。なん才ですか。なん人ですか。いつですか。
• noticing the systematic and logical nature of Japanese grammar, writing and the kana charts, and using this knowledge to support learning
• developing metalanguage for communicating about language through the use of correct terminology for parts of speech (noun, verb and adjective)

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASLANJAPF10Y34

Year 3 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students use Japanese language to initiate structured interactions to share information related to the classroom and their personal world. They use modelled language to participate in spoken and written activities that involve planning. They locate and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts. They use modelled language and basic syntax to create texts. They use hiragana with support, and familiar kanji appropriate to context.Students imitate hiragana sounds, pronunciation and intonation patterns of Japanese language. They demonstrate understanding that Japanese has non-verbal, spoken and written language conventions and rules to create and make meaning. They recognise that some terms have cultural meanings. They identify patterns in Japanese and make comparisons between Japanese and English. They understand that the Japanese language is connected with culture, and identify how this is reflected in their own language(s) and culture(s).