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Japanese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand the systematic nature of Japanese language and grammatical forms, and explore how to use/combine these elements to express complex ideas
[Key concepts: syntax, verb conjugation, cohesion, classifiers; Key processes: describing, identifying, classifying, applying]
(ACLJAU032)
Elaborations
- further developing metalanguage to describe and apply grammatical concepts and language elements, and to organise learning resources such as verb charts and lists of vocabulary and sentence structures
- 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
- understanding that verbs can be divided into three groups according to the way they are conjugated: Group 1 (five-step verbs), Group 2 (one-step verbs) and Group 3 (irregular verbs)
- using character charts as a systematic framework that enables recognition of verb conjugation patterns, and applying the formation rules of each verb group
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understanding and using a range of particles such as:
- か (or)
- に (purpose, indirect object, location)
- で (location of action, by means such as ペンで、 日本語で)
- understanding and using いand な adjectives in the present and past tense
- using verb stems with grammatical features such as ～たい、 ～ たくない、 ～ かった、 ～ やすい／にくいです
- understanding and using verbてforms to express a range of ideas, for example, ～ている、 ～てもいいです、 ～てはいけません、 ～てはだめです
- creating cohesion and flow by using conjunctions, for example, だから、 それで、 それに、 verbてform, だから、 しかし、 それに、 けれども
- expressing opinions, intentions and thoughts using the plain form, for example, ～つもりです、 ～とおもいます、 ～たり～たりします
- asking and responding to questions using 何で? どうして/なぜ？ どのぐらい? いくつ？
- building vocabulary that relates to daily life and the world beyond school and home and that can be used for cross-curricular content learning
- elaborating ideas or statements using expressions such as 今しゅう、 先しゅう、 来年、 いつも、 ぜんぜん、 あまり
- understanding Japanese counting systems using units of 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 and associated kanji, for example, 百 、 千、 万
- extending the use of counter classifiers to include ～円、 ～分、 ～まい、 ～本、 ～つ、 ～日 (date)
- expressing superlative forms using 一番、 for example, 一番好きなかもくは日本語です。
- expressing the location of items by using prepositions such as 右、 左、 前、 後ろ、 上、 下、 となり、 そば
- understanding and using plain or polite forms as appropriate to context, for example, understanding the concept of uchi-soto (内/外) for making appropriate choices of register
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Cohesion (Language), Conjugation (Grammar), Japanese language, Noun classifiers