AC9LJ8C04 Year 7 Languages

AC9LJ8C04 – Year 7 Languages: Mediating meaning in and between languages

Strand

Communicating meaning in Japanese

Substrand

Mediating meaning in and between languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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

interpret and adjust non-verbal, spoken and written language to convey meaning in Japanese language in familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts

Elaborations

• comparing translations of short Japanese texts (signs, conversations, audio messages, digital texts, etc.) and identifying their tone and style and other language features and how they influence meaning
• listening to informal spoken language that may have deviations from ‘correct’ grammar including changes in word order and omissions of words, and predicting meaning or noticing differences between written form
• becoming aware of instances where direct translation is not possible and explaining the reason why or reflecting on some challenges of transferring meaning between languages, and how some things may be lost in translation, for example, explaining why ‘good luck’ does not accurately translate the term がんばってください
• reading a short text in Japanese and responding orally, adjusting language appropriately, for example, reading a letter about proposed changes to school rules or uniform, then responding in a speech to be delivered to peers

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANJAPF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Japanese language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Japanese to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures, expressions and levels of formality to create texts. They select and use combinations of kana and familiar kanji appropriate to context.Students apply the conventions of spoken Japanese and phrasing patterns to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Japanese text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Japanese language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.