Chinese / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Language variation and change

Curriculum content descriptions

Recognise that Chinese is a major community language in Australia (ACLCHU014)

Elaborations
  • exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia and identifying people in the local community or in the media who speak a different language, for example, ‘My mum’s friend is from China, and she speaks Chinese’
  • discussing why there are different languages spoken by Australian families and by classmates
  • knowing that Chinese is spoken not only in China but also in other areas of the world, including Australia
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
ScOT terms

Language usage,  Chinese languages

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