AC9LJF02 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore, with support, language features of Japanese noticing similarities and differences between Japanese and English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration pronouncing, copying or tracing modelled kana and kanji using support material, images and mnemonic devices
• • Elaboration playing with, and using tactile materials to create Japanese script, for example, forming kanji numbers or kana using plasticine, chalk writing on the pavement, painting with water, and making pictures out of characters to be displayed around classroom
• • Elaboration using visual cues and prompting, noticing differences and similarities among the spoken and written English alphabet, and hiragana, katakana and kanji, for example, “Hiragana is curly looking, kanji has straight lines and different parts, hiragana sounds different from abc”
• • Elaboration recognising symbols and how pattern systems work, understanding how sound can be represented in different alphabets, for example, during class stories, pointing to text while reading
• • Elaboration noticing when Japanese or English is being used in the classroom and developing active listening skills
• • Elaboration discussing familiar words of Japanese origin that they may have encountered such as sushi, karate, anime, and how these words sound and look in Japanese and English
• • Elaboration participating in a guided group activity, with students naming some similarities and differences between Japanese and English (appearance, sound, scripts, politeness), and the teacher presenting the responses in a Venn diagram or image to display in the classroom

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• • Elaboration responding to Japanese versions of familiar children’s stories and folk tales, comparing expressions and key points in the story with English language versions, and re-enacting with puppets, props or actions