Foundation to Year 2 Chinese

The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established oracy skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate world of …

Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

ACLCHC007

Identify equivalent or similar Chinese words or phrases for familiar objects or terms in English[Key concepts: similarity, difference; Key processes: translating, connecting, interpreting]

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACLCHC007 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACLCHC002

recognising the differences in describing family members in Chinese and English, for example, ‘brothers’ can be 哥哥 or 弟弟 in Chinese

Elaboration (4) | ACLCHC002 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACLCHC007

matching words and phrases spoken in Chinese to images, objects or words in English, such as classroom objects (书包， 笔), to develop vocabulary

Elaboration | ACLCHC007 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACLCHC007

stating the English equivalent of common expressions in Chinese (for example, phrases such as 对不起, 没关系; 谢谢，不谢) for the benefit of classmates

Elaboration (1) | ACLCHC007 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLCHC009

comparing learning in English with learning in Chinese, for example, learning about syllables and components

Elaboration (3) | ACLCHC009 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACLCHU010

working with classmates and teachers to identify initials (b, p, m, d, t, g, k etc.) that are similar to English consonants (f, l, n, v)

Elaboration (3) | ACLCHU010 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLCHU011

examining which initials and finals can be guessed from English, for example, ‘mama’ as opposed to ‘gege’

Elaboration (2) | ACLCHU011 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACLCHU012

recognising that simple statements in Chinese tend to follow English word order, but that questions do not, for example, ‘Do you have a cat?’ versus 你有猫吗？

Elaboration (2) | ACLCHU012 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACLCHU013

comparing similar texts in Chinese and English (for example, a poster for a movie, such as 《功夫熊猫》) and identifying major elements of the Chinese text

Elaboration (1) | ACLCHU013 | Content Descriptions | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum