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Japanese / Year 9 and 10 / Communicating meaning in Japanese / Mediating meaning in and between languages
Curriculum content descriptions
evaluate and synthesise information, ideas and perspectives in a broad range of spoken, written and multimodal texts and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience (AC9LJ10C03)
Elaborations
- analysing a range of complex and extended texts including written, audio and visual forms (articles, interviews, and video clips, etc.) and, for example, identifying and evaluating intended audience and purpose, cultural differences, values and perspectives
- gathering factual information and opinions from a range of authentic Japanese texts (websites, forums, articles, videos, etc.) to create a unique response according to context, audience and purpose, for example, planning a dream holiday, persuading the school to introduce ぶかつ, a new uniform or improving sustainability efforts, ～によると、～パーセントの学生はぶかつが楽しいと思う。だから～
- synthesising information from a variety of sources to understand differing perspectives and community attitudes towards, and in relation to, current local and global issues, for example, investigating differing perspectives about sustainability, social media, or multiculturalism
- listening to or reading a First Nations Australian’s stories and discussing their opinions and ideas, and, in Japanese, presenting their personal profile to the class
- demonstrating a perceptive understanding of a range of texts (film, historical texts, narratives, etc.) by recounting, reflecting and evaluating events from the perspective of the author and/or character(s), for example, はじめてトトロに会った時、少しこわかったけど、また会いたい。
- understanding details and summarising key information, for example, using new words encountered in authentic texts (websites, newspaper articles, documentaries, reports, podcasts, etc.) on topics of local and global interests ちきゅうおんだんかがもんだいになっています。
- interviewing others to obtain information, viewpoints and details on topics of interest and presenting the information in new ways for specific audiences, for example, presenting a speech about a special person in their lives, about others’ opinions on school rules, or a ‘how to’ procedural report
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Text purpose, Data representation, Texts, Japanese language