AC9LJ8EC05 Years 7 to 8 Languages

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

Elaborations

• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration learning to use dictionaries and electronic translation tools to identify issues such as multiple meanings of words and the need to consider context
• • Elaboration developing word lists, grammar rule charts or personal mnemonic devices to recall, translate and interpret information
• • Elaboration recognising it is not only words that can be translated, but also non-verbal communication, culture, behaviour and contexts
• • Elaboration 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
• • Elaboration 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