AC9LJ8EU03
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9LJ8EU03 | Years 7 to 8 Japanese: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor compare Japanese language structures and features with English, using familiar metalanguage
Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Japanese · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying similarities and differences in Japanese and English writing systems, grammatical rules or the use of elements such as pronouns, particles and absence of articles
- • Elaboration developing metalanguage for communicating about language and structures, using terms such as noun, pronoun, verb, adjective and conjunction, and cross-referencing with knowledge of English language syntax and parts of speech
- • Elaboration identifying words of Japanese origin used in English, for example, judo, karaoke, karate, obento, tempura, and recognising how they may be expressed in Japanese compared with English
- • Elaboration recognising the use of words borrowed in Japanese from other languages such as English, French, Dutch and Portuguese, for example, サッカー、ゴルフ、パン、ランドセル and noting how these are pronounced by Japanese speakers
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Read the full Years 7 to 8 Japanese · Years 7 to 10 sequence achievement standard