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Chinese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Explore the significance of tradition in 名人名言 and 经典 and examine contemporary influences on language use (ACLCHU224)
Elaborations
- reading texts in traditional characters on familiar topics and inferring meaning of key characters
- predicting the meaning of texts in traditional characters encountered in everyday contexts by relating the character’s simplified version, for example, 匾 in a tourist site
- discussing the influences on their own Chinese language use (for example, from TV, family or Chinese school) and how their language use compares to that of their parents and other Chinese speakers
- analysing how new words and concepts are developed and incorporated into daily use, for example, in contemporary media such as TV dramas, music and film
- exploring samples of classical texts such as 《论语》 and recognising the impact of classical Chinese on contemporary written language, for example, the use of 岂， 于
- listing famous quotes from traditional literature, such as famous lines from poems, and using these in their own writing
- identifying examples of 成语 in writing by students of Chinese, discussing the effect of this usage and then identifying any errors made, such as in the sentence 我要休息一下，要不然有个三长两短就不好了
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Social influence, Language usage, Chinese languages