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Japanese / Year 7 and 8 / Understanding language and culture / Understanding systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
apply understanding of grammatical structures, expressions and writing system rules to compose and respond to texts (AC9LJ8U02)
Elaborations
- using a range of simple and compound sentence structures in Japanese, understanding that word order of noun phrases is flexible as long as particle use is correct, and sentences end with a verb/copula: subject は noun です。, subject は adjective です。, subject は person と means で object/place を／に／へ verb ます, etc.
- using a range of familiar verbs in the present and past, including both positive and negative, for example, 行きます、見ません、食べました、聞きませんでした
- using い and な adjectives in the present tense, for example, おいしい、たのしい、しずかな、 and negative forms, for example, たかくない
- comprehending the role of different scripts (hiragana, katakana, kanji) to represent meaning depending on context (katakana – loan words and sound words; hiragana supporting kanji through furigana and okurigana) and applying multiple kana and kanji stroke order rules
- understanding and using a range of particles to perform different functions, including ～から～まで (from, as far as, until, distances) sentence-ending particles such as か、よ and ね
- using げんこうようし (typed or hand written), appropriately to compose and respond to texts, for example, considering the size of small characters, the position in the square, starting new paragraphs, numbers, writing a title and name, and placing of punctuation まる(。) and てん(、)
- increasing precision of expression by incorporating specific counter classifiers, for example, ～時、～分、～つ、～まい、～本, superlatives 一ばん好きです, and adverbs as formulaic expressions 早く、おそく
- creating cohesion, sequence, flow and adding detail by using conjunctions そして、それから、でも, adverbs まい日、ときどき、とても, and linking nouns and adjectives おいしくて、母と
- recognising the systematic nature of Japanese adjective and verb conjugation, creating charts and tables for reference, and applying this knowledge in creating texts
- adjusting and using a range of suffixes depending on the relationship さま、先生、ちゃん、さん、あなた、お姉さん and grouping suffixes たち
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Sentences (Grammar), Japanese script, Kanji, Language conventions