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Japanese / Year 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand how to control elements of the Japanese grammatical system to express a range of ideas and experiences in written and spoken forms, and recognise the systematic nature of verb conjugation
[Key concepts: metalanguage, verb conjugation, sentence structure, register; Key processes: describing, categorising, analysing]
(ACLJAU176)
Elaborations
- further developing metalanguage to describe and increase control of grammatical concepts and language elements, such as noun modifiers or speech styles
- creating learning resources such as verb and adjective charts and lists of vocabulary and sentence structures
- understanding the different functions of a range of particles, such as:
- が (topic marker)
- を (object marker)
- に (time, date, place, destination, for)
- と (and, with)
- で (location, action, means)
- へ (direction, destination)
- ～から ～まで (from,～as far as, distances)
- describing daily routines and schedules for a week, using a range of particles to form sentences, for example, 六時に うちで 兄と ごはんを 食べます。
- using い and な adjectives in the present tense, for example, おいしい、たのしい、しずかな、 and negative forms, for example, 高くない
- using adverbs as formulaic expressions, for example, 早く、おそく
- understanding that the exact word order of noun phrases is not important as long as they appear before the verb and are accompanied by correct particles
- understanding the role of sentence-ending particles in conversation, such as ね for confirming or expecting a response and よ for emphasis
- using both affirmative and negative forms of particular grammatical elements in different tenses
- creating cohesion and flow by using conjunctions, for example, だから、それで、それに
- understanding how to indicate politeness using ご and お prefixes, for example, お名前、先生の ごかぞく
- using counter classifiers: ～時、～分、～つ、～まい、～本
- using superlatives, for example, 一ばん 好きです
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Sentences (Grammar), Conjugation (Grammar), Japanese language