AC9LJF02 Foundation Languages

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.

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

Elaborations

• 1 pronouncing, copying or tracing modelled kana and kanji using support material, images and mnemonic devices
• 2 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
• 3 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”
• 4 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
• 5 noticing when Japanese or English is being used in the classroom and developing active listening skills
• 6 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
• 7 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
• 8 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

Related Achievement Standards