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Japanese / Year 7 and 8 / Communicating meaning in Japanese / Mediating meaning in and between languages
Curriculum content descriptions
interpret information, ideas and opinions in a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, and respond appropriately to cultural context, purpose and audience (AC9LJ8C03)
Elaborations
- accessing information from a range of authentic and/or modified texts across a range of modes and text types, for example, viewing signs, weather reports, print advertisements, menus, packaging, brochures, websites, and phone messages, and obtaining, interpreting and evaluating information, opinions and ideas
- responding to both factual (newspaper, article, journal, etc.) and imaginative texts (songs, stories, films, 昔話, videoclips, etc.), for example, identifying favourite elements or characters, writing reviews, creating a sequel/alternative ending
- synthesising a range of informative texts and personal opinions to draw out key information in order to respond appropriately in Japanese, for example, inviting a friend to holiday/cultural events, reflecting on an imagined or real experience, reviewing a video/article
- listening to, reading or viewing First Nations Australian authors’ stories and responding to them in spoken or written Japanese
- engaging with authentic Japanese commercials, video clips, songs, or cartoons and using known key words, visual clues, context, target audience, and prior knowledge to help infer meaning and guess the main idea, gist and purpose
- interpreting key details and taking notes from a range of texts and recording a simple summary of essential information, for example, viewing or listening to another student’s school routine, then creating their weekly timetable
- conducting surveys or interviews with others on familiar topics such as hobbies, studies, social media and opinions about issues, and presenting information in chosen formats (written, digital, etc.), for example, 六十%の人はおなじいけんです。
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Data representation, Cultural contexts, Japanese language, Multimodal texts