AC9LJ8U03 Year 7 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.

reflect on similarities and differences between Japanese and English language structures and features, using metalanguage

Elaborations

• 1 applying knowledge of metalanguage to discuss in English and deepen understanding of Japanese language and increase control of grammatical concepts and language elements such as adverbs, particles, pronouns
• 2 reflecting on similarities and differences between Japanese words used in English, and borrowed words from other languages, for example, café, guru, siesta, paparazzi, anonymous, and why languages use loan words
• 3 demonstrating understanding of differences between Japanese and English language features, for example, using ‘and’ in English for connecting verbs, nouns, and adjectives, and in Japanese using て form, と／や and くて／で respectively
• 4 comparing and contrasting the structures of a variety of authentic community texts in Japanese and English, and exploring how the audience, purpose and context influence each language version
• 5 applying the language features of different types of texts, for example, using appropriate wording when opening and closing emails, letters or phone conversations, for example, ～さんへ、～より、もしもし and comparing these to conventions used in English

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