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Chinese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Compare features of speech of speakers from diverse regions to standard Chinese including pronunciation and prosody (for example, intonation and stress) (ACLCHU219)
Elaborations
- developing tone discrimination and identifying subtle differences in pronunciation, including variations in regional accents, for example, distinguishing between ‘qing’ and ‘qin’, ‘lou’ and ‘rou’, ‘liang’ and ‘lang’, ‘shi’ and ‘si’, and ‘lan’ and ‘nan’ when listening to interactions between speakers in diverse contexts
- comparing their pronunciation and word choices when speaking in Chinese to peers and other Chinese speakers
- experimenting with rhythm, pace, tone, stress and other paralinguistic cues, and developing strategies to address aspects of their own spoken Chinese that may impede effective communication with others
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Speaking, Dialects, Chinese languages