Chinese / Year 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language

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Recognise the tonal features of Chinese in own speech, and understand when and why some tones are not expressed in some contexts and how syllables are decoded from and encoded into Pinyin (ACLCHU138)

Elaborations
  • differentiating between the four tones when speaking, and knowing how to pronounce the ‘neutral tone’
  • understanding the aesthetic features of reading out loud 朗诵 and reciting 背诵, focusing on phrasing, stress and intonation of Chinese spoken language
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Syllables,  Intonation,  Chinese languages

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