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Japanese / Year 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand that katakana is used for loan words, and that these words must be pronounced within the combinations of available Japanese sounds
[Key concepts: pronunciation, loan words, voiced/unvoiced sounds, contractions, blends; Key processes: pronouncing, recognising]
(ACLJAU174)
Elaborations
- accurately pronouncing all combinations of kana, including voiced and unvoiced elements, and all combined sounds (contractions and blends)
- recognising that in the copula desu and the verb suffix masu, the ‘u’ is devoiced in normal speech
- using available combinations of katakana to experiment with Japanese pronunciation of unfamiliar loan words, for example, ホワイトボード
- understanding that some new combinations of sounds have been devised to allow for pronunciation of loan words, for example, ティ
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Loanwords, Japanese language, Katakana