AC9LJ8EC01 – Year 7 Languages: Interacting in Japanese

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.

Elaborations

• • using and responding to greetings depending on the time of day, for example, おはようございます、こんにちは, with appropriate titles and terms of address such as ～先生 or Simonさん, and gestures such as bowing to show respect
• • introducing themselves じこしょうかい, using culturally appropriate formulaic expressions and gestures はじめまして、どうぞよろしく, with bowing and appropriate eye contact
• • exchanging information about daily or leisure activities or events via face-to-face or online modes of communication such as blogs or digital conversations, and comparing experiences with those of Japanese-speaking peers, using cohesive devices such as conjunctions when sequencing or elaborating, for example, 日よう日にえいがに行きます。それから、かいものをします。 or すしがすきです。でも、さしみがすきじゃないです。
• • interacting with others to express likes and dislikes, for example, スポーツがすきです。たいいくがすきじゃないです。しゅくだいは ちょっと…、～さんはなにがすきですか。, and sharing and requesting information about health and feelings, for example, きょうはうれしい！～さんは？ おなかがぺこぺこです。つかれました 。さむいです。
• • communicating in culturally appropriate ways, for example, using basic interjections such as そうですね, giving and receiving items with gestures and formulaic language, for example, どうぞ。どうもありがとう
• • sharing information about aspects of their personal worlds, for example, imparting information about friends, family, pets, teachers, school and interests using descriptive expressions such as noun は adjective です。わたしのお母さんはおもしろいです。
• • engaging in simple written exchanges with others, for example, sharing greeting cards and messages based on modelled expressions おたんじょう日おめでとうございます！メリークリスマス。お母さん、ありがとう。～へ～より

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: