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Chinese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Infer possible sounds and meanings of unfamiliar characters encountered in a range of contexts by identifying and explaining the role of semantic and phonetic sides (ACLCHU188)
Elaborations
- inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words containing a familiar character morpheme
- inferring the meaning of terminology in other subjects based on analysis of characters such as 螺旋桨
- applying understanding of word formation to identify the word best suited to the required context and use by comparing translations for words in a bilingual dictionary
- appreciating that the precise meanings of character morphemes are determined by context, for example, 一封信 and 相信；企图 and 地图
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Phonemes, Morphemes, Chinese languages