AC9LJ8EC05 Year 7 Languages

AC9LJ8EC05 – 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

develop and begin to apply strategies to interpret, translate and convey meaning in Japanese in familiar contexts

Elaborations

• interpreting words and expressions that do not translate easily into English and brainstorming why this may be the case, for example, いただきます、ごちそうさま、よろしくおねがいします
• learning to use dictionaries and electronic translation tools to identify issues such as multiple meanings of words and the need to consider context
• developing word lists, grammar rule charts or personal mnemonic devices to recall, translate and interpret information
• recognising it is not only words that can be translated, but also non-verbal communication, culture, behaviour and contexts
• understanding cultural differences relating to social and communicative behaviours such as use of personal space and body language; being aware that meaning is not always conveyed through text, but can be conveyed through various means
• interpreting aspects of spoken Japanese texts for others using a range of resources, for example, providing an English commentary on a Japanese item at a class, school or community event, assembly or parent evening, explaining culturally significant expressions and gestures

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANJAP7_10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students use Japanese language to interact and collaborate with others, and to share information and plan activities in familiar contexts. They respond to others’ contributions, and recognise familiar gestures, questions and instructions in exchanges. They locate and respond to information in texts and use non-verbal, visual and contextual cues to help make meaning. They respond in Japanese or English, and demonstrate understanding of context, purpose and audience in texts. They use familiar language, and modelled sentence and grammatical structures to create texts, and demonstrate understanding of how some language reflects cultural practices. They use some familiar katakana and kanji, and hiragana, with support.Students approximate Japanese sound patterns, intonation and rhythms, and recognise the relationship between spoken and written forms. They demonstrate understanding that Japanese has conventions and rules for scripts, non-verbal, spoken and written communication. They comment on aspects of Japanese and English language structures and features, using metalanguage. They demonstrate awareness that the Japanese language is connected with culture and identity, and how this is reflected in their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.