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Japanese / Year 9 and 10 / Communicating meaning in Japanese / Mediating meaning in and between languages
Curriculum content descriptions
interpret information, ideas and perspectives in a wide range of spoken, written and multimodal texts and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience (AC9LJ10EC04)
Elaborations
- understanding the gist and recording specific details from texts (websites, newspaper articles, documentaries, reports, podcasts, etc.) on topics such as popular culture, recycling, sustainability and ‘zero waste’, school life, sports or leisure activities in Japan
- obtaining information from a range of texts (written, spoken or multimodal), for example, finding information in letters, articles, television reports, interviews and video clips, and demonstrating comprehension through a range of presentation modes such as short answers, summaries, graphs, charts, diagrams and written or digital reports
- synthesising factual information from a range of print, online/web-based travel and leisure texts and using it to compare options and make suggestions, for example, しんかんせんはとても高いですが、べんりだと思います。とうきょうからきょうとまで二時間半かかります。バスで八時間ぐらいかかります。
- 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
- responding to open-ended questions about characters, places, events or effects in a range of informative and imaginative written and digital texts (articles, stories, videos, etc.) to offer personal views and opinions on character and plot, recount and predict events and engage creatively with texts, and offer alternative endings, for example, どうして person は place に行きましたか。～してから、 thing/person はどう思いましたか、もし、あなたが～さんだったら、どうしますか。
- analysing information from a range of authentic Japanese texts (email, travel brochure, article, review, journal/diary, etc.) to respond appropriately in Japanese according to context, audience and purpose, for example, inviting a friend on a holiday, persuading parents to allow them to attend a concert, reflecting on an imagined experience, and reviewing a video
- identifying variations in spoken and written informative and persuasive texts (print, television, online advertisements, etc.) and noticing differences in language according to the intended audience, purpose and context
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Data representation, Cultural contexts, Texts, Japanese language