AC9LJ8U03 Year 7 Languages

AC9LJ8U03 – Year 7 Languages: Understanding systems of language

Strand

Understanding language and culture

Substrand

Understanding systems of language

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

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

Elaborations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASLANJAPF10Y78

Year 7 Languages Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students initiate and maintain interactions in Japanese language in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts related to a range of interests and experiences. They use Japanese to collaborate and problem-solve, and adjust language in response to others. They interpret information, ideas and opinions in texts. They demonstrate understanding of similarities and differences between languages, in both familiar and some unfamiliar cultural contexts, by adjusting and reorganising responses. They select and use vocabulary, sentence structures, expressions and levels of formality to create texts. They select and use combinations of kana and familiar kanji appropriate to context.Students apply the conventions of spoken Japanese and phrasing patterns to develop fluency. They demonstrate understanding that spoken, written and multimodal texts use different conventions, structures and features to convey meaning. They comment on structures and features of Japanese text, using metalanguage. They reflect on how the Japanese language, culture and identity are interconnected, and compare this with their own language(s), culture(s) and identity.