AC9LJF01 – Foundation Languages: null

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

Elaborations

• 1 responding to images showing different times of the day, greeting others at different times of the day, and verbalising which greeting is most appropriate and why
• 2 using appropriate forms of address and formal/informal greetings in games and everyday routines, for example, せんせい、おはようございます、ピータさん、おはよう、さようなら、バイバイ、こんにちは
• 3 copying gestures and body language, for example, bowing, using 2 hands to give and receive, gesturing to come, waving hand for ‘no’, pointing to nose to indicate ‘me’
• 4 playing and experimenting with language through participating in songs, dances, rhymes, games and creating mnemonic devices
• 5 participating in guided group activities and simple tasks such as games, crafts and role-plays, using movement, gestures, props, toys, images and/or digital tools to support understanding and convey meaning
• 6 using Japanese for everyday routines and interactions such as the roll call, はい、います／いいえ、いません and eating, いただきます、おいしい！
• 7 responding to spoken language and instructions through movement or creative expression, for example, counting with fingers to a number song, actions to match meaning, music, acting and miming
• 8 locating familiar key words and information in activities such as group reading, matching flashcards, drawing lines to images or objects, colouring, filling in the blanks
• 9 engaging in shared listening, reading and viewing texts and discussing reactions, themes, familiar keywords and phrases
• 10 participating in group performances (singing a song, a short skit with actions and movement, etc.) at assembly

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