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Chinese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding language and culture / Understanding systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
apply knowledge of sentence structures and character form and function to predict meaning and compose texts that contain some complex structures and ideas (AC9LC10U02)
Elaborations
- handwriting simple sentences using correct characters to respond to questions
- exploring examples of types of simplifications and ways of associating traditional characters with known simplified forms such as whole simplifications 为-為, part substitutions 汉-漢 and half simplifications 说-說
- exploring ways to indicate complements of direction, for example, 上来, 下来; 进来, 进去; 回来, 回去; indicating abstract meanings 想出来, 答不上来, 停下来, 写上去
- comparing ways in which tense is expressed in Chinese, for example, 了 to indicate completion; 完 to indicate the achievement of a desired result; 打算, 计划 to indicate intention
- understanding elements of Chinese grammar such as word order and sentence construction, for example, analysing Chinese-specific grammatical structures and features such as 把 structure, and passive voice using 被
- making use of conjunctions to demonstrate sequence …就, 先...(然后) 再, inference 既然…就, concessions 即使…也, condition 无论…都, choices 不是…就是 and preference 除了…以外…也
- exploring ways to express similarities or comparatives using 和...一样, 比, 比较, 更, 最
- distinguishing the differences between using structural particles 的, 得, 地 in sentences appropriate to the contexts, for example, 你的看法很有意思, 你说得好, 他很认真地在说
- comparing the use of words that rely on interpretation of contexts to convey the intended meaning, for example, 让, 给
- expressing conditions such as 如果…就; expressing cause and effect such as 为了...; and expressing the condition, quality or result of an action, for example, 坐得下, 说得对, 做完, 买到
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Chinese scripts, Compound characters, Language conventions