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Chinese / Year 7 and 8 / Communicating / Creating
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Express opinions about how popular imaginative texts, including poems and 故事, reveal important cultural values
[Key concepts: values, beliefs, attitudes; Key processes: comparing, contrasting]
(ACLCHC165)
Elaborations
- describing how emotions, attitudes or intentions of a performer, author or character are conveyed through language, and analysing how emotions (for example, happiness, sadness, homesickness) are expressed in popular songs or TV programs
- viewing popular TV programs designed for Chinese youth, sharing individual responses or reactions to forms of Chinese entertainment, and comparing features of performance across cultures
- understanding how music, imagery and stereotypical representations of people, places and practices are used in contemporary youth media to influence audience responses
- exploring regional and generational influences on popular culture of the Sinophone world (such as 港台流行歌曲； 港片), and identifying different concepts of ‘beauty’ in different eras, for example, 60年代流行…, 70年代流行…
- comparing features of performance in different media (such as radio, television and online videos), and discussing how entertainment is changing with technology
- producing creative texts in response to literary texts such as 《某某后传》, reflecting the literary styles and methods identified in such texts
- reading a range of imaginative texts from other cultures, keeping a reading journal (读书笔记) to record understanding and own responses, and participating in class discussions about texts such as 《小王子》 and 《安徒生童话选》
- discussing themes and meanings of traditional texts, including classical poems (for example,《静夜思》，《春晓》，《咏鹅》) and stories, fables and legends ( for example, 《孔融让梨》、《井底之蛙》、 《铁杵磨针》
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Poetry, Culture, Chinese languages, Storytelling