AC9LJ6U03 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor compare some Japanese language structures and features with those of English, using some familiar metalanguage

Elaborations

• • Elaboration expanding metalanguage for communicating about language, using the correct terminology for parts of speech (noun, verb and adjective), and additional terms such as pronoun and conjunction, for example, identifying parts of speech in a reading text
• • Elaboration discussing why some words are written in katakana and why these words cannot be pronounced identically to the original language they were borrowed from, for example, オーストラリア, and trying to spell some words using katakana chart
• • Elaboration identifying different parts of speech, for example, indicating the adjective or verb conjugation pattern in a sentence and translating sentences word for word to compare differences in word order and punctuation (subject+object+verb. versus subject+verb+object), for example, circling or colouring different parts of speech in a sentence
• • Elaboration comparing features of familiar genres of Japanese texts (picture books, digital books, games, video clips, songs, etc). for example, reading shared texts and noticing and comparing grammatical elements such as the use of tense, word order and sentence structure
• • Elaboration understanding the Japanese number system and comparing with other numerical systems, 一、十、百、千、万, including reference to the use of the そろばん (abacus) versus calculators