AC9LJ4U03
Years 3 to 4
Languages
AC9LJ4U03 | Years 3 to 4 Japanese: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor recognise familiar Japanese language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts
Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Japanese · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration discussing the sounds of Japanese language compared with English, noticing limitations when writing some borrowed words and the need to adapt, for example, adjusting to the absence of the ‘l’ and ‘r’ sound when writing names in Japanese
- • Elaboration creating a Japanese and English comparison table, graph, poster or graphic to display language differences, for example, producing a chart to show scripts, word order, conventions, grammar, and pronunciation
- • Elaboration applying literacy knowledge in English, or other known language, to recognise different elements in texts that contribute to meaning-making, for example, examining the layout, title, illustration and use of punctuation in a picture book or the use of speech bubbles in a cartoon; or becoming punctuation detectives and finding elements in a text
- • Elaboration recognising features of familiar genres of Japanese texts, (picture books, digital books, etc.) and reading shared text and noticing elements such as punctuation and layout, and comparing these with the way English is organised in similar texts
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Read the full Years 3 to 4 Japanese · Foundation to Year 10 sequence achievement standard