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Chinese / Year 7 and 8 / Communicating / Creating
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Express opinions about imagined characters and events seen and heard in contemporary media and performances, and create own portrayals of characters using gesture, action, stress, and modelled phrases
[Key concepts: experience, emotion, character; Key processes: performing, expressing, responding]
(ACLCHC085)
Elaborations
- watching segments of texts in Chinese, such as popular music videos from various sources of media, and expressing personal opinions, for example, 我觉得…很有意思
- performing Chinese songs and experimenting with rhythm, voice, emotion and gesture to convey the intended sentiment and meaning of songs and rhymes and enhance performance
- comparing stories and characters in both Chinese and Australian popular media, and exploring themes and topics that interest young people from different cultural backgrounds, such as 澳大利亚的年轻人也很喜欢看动作片。成龙很有名
- creating short plays or skits and taking on roles in imagined scenarios such as visiting or hosting a Chinese friend, a shopping experience or a fashion show
- assuming the role of a young Chinese person in the performance of a play about, for example, celebrating Chinese New Year
- creating and performing a rap about learning Chinese, experimenting with voice, gesture and action to convey different emotions and attitudes, including use of word stress to alter the way meaning is expressed and interpreted, for example, exploring the implications of expressing 不要 with varying degrees of volume and emphasis
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Personal responses, Stress (Speech), Gestures, Chinese languages