Elaboration (4) ACLJAU035
exploring the influence of Japanese popular culture in Australia and around the world, such as the influence of Japanese design and technology and the popularity of J-pop, electronic games, anime, manga and cosplay
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAU035 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (6) ACLJAU013
knowing that kanji were brought from China and that hiragana was formed by simplifying the form of kanji, while katakana was formed using a part of kanji
Elaboration (6) | ACLJAU013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU013
reading and writing all hiragana and katakana, including voiced, contracted and blended sounds, using the kana chart
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAU012
understanding that the sounds of hiragana and katakana are identical even though the associated scripts are different
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAU012 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAU012
recognising that in the copula desu and the verb suffix masu, the ‘u’ is devoiced in normal speech
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAU012 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (17) ACLJAU014
building vocabulary that relates to familiar environments such as the classroom, family and personal world and that can be used for cross-curricular content learning
Elaboration (17) | ACLJAU014 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLJAC025
creating a digital persona or avatar in a Japanese-speaking fantasy world, incorporating communicative styles and behaviours observed in Japanese texts
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAC025 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (11) ACLJAU032
building vocabulary that relates to daily life and the world beyond school and home and that can be used for cross-curricular content learning
Elaboration (11) | ACLJAU032 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLJAU031
understanding that kanji are used for nouns, stems of verbs and adjectives, and some adverbs, and that the addition of hiragana to the stem of verbs and adjectives is called okurigana
Elaboration | ACLJAU031 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU032
understanding and applying the rules of the plain form, and knowing that the basic form of all Japanese verbs ends in -u, -eru or -iru, as listed in dictionaries
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU032 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLJAU033
analysing the function of different scripts in different types of texts, identifying examples of kanji used for nouns and verbs, katakana for borrowed words and hiragana for grammatical purposes
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAU033 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLJAU013
using the kana chart as a systematic framework to support learning
Elaboration (2) | ACLJAU013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (9) ACLJAU013
understanding the use of furigana as a tool to support reading
Elaboration (9) | ACLJAU013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU012
accurately pronouncing all combinations of hiragana and katakana, including voiced and unvoiced forms and all combined sounds (contractions and blends)
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU012 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU031
recognising that many kanji have multiple readings and that there are two types of readings, that is, on-yomi (音; on ‘reading’ or ‘sound’), Chinese-style pronunciation; and kun-yomi (訓; kun ‘reading’ or ‘explanation’), Japanese-style pronunciation
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU031 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLJAU017
understanding that there are Japanese-speaking communities outside Japan, for example, in the United States, in particular Hawaii, and South America, and that Japanese is widely taught in many countries around the world and within the Asia-Pacific region, …
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAU017 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLJAC025
working collaboratively to compose and perform a skit such as a manzai based on an imagined scenario that allows for experimentation with expressive language
Elaboration (3) | ACLJAC025 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (5) ACLJAC010
noticing that a focus on ‘self’ is avoided in Japanese by the minimal use of the pronoun ‘I’ in interactions
Elaboration (5) | ACLJAC010 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (7) ACLJAU013
understanding that each individual kanji represents meaning as well as sound, such as 日 (‘sun’, ‘day’), and that some kanji come from pictographs, for example, 山
Elaboration (7) | ACLJAU013 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLJAU015
identifying how certain types of texts are typically constructed, for example, the use of particular layouts, visual images and grammatical features in advertisements, manga or brochures
Elaboration (1) | ACLJAU015 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum