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Japanese / Year 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Recognise and understand the relationship between the character-based scripts of hiragana, katakana and kanji
[Key concepts: script, kana, kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, stroke order, pictograph; Key processes: recognising, copying, applying, distinguishing]
(ACLJAU013)
Elaborations
- understanding that the Japanese language uses three different scripts depending on word origins and on the context of language use
- reading and writing all hiragana and katakana, including voiced, contracted and blended sounds, using the kana chart
- using the kana chart as a systematic framework to support learning
- recognising that Japanese can be written vertically or horizontally and has various typefaces in printed form
- understanding the use of basic Japanese punctuation marks such as a まる (。) 、 てん (、) and katakana long vowel mark (ー), for example, in a student’s name such as サリー
- applying the principles of stroke order to write all kana and high-frequency kanji such as 行きます、 月、 大きい
- knowing that kanji were brought from China and that hiragana was formed by simplifying the form of kanji, while katakana was formed using a part of kanji
- understanding that each individual kanji represents meaning as well as sound, such as 日 (‘sun’, ‘day’), and that some kanji come from pictographs, for example, 山
- learning to write high-frequency kanji, such as numbers, days of the week, family members, and basic adjectives and verbs, applying the basic principles for stroke order, for example, 父、母、小さい、 見ます、日本語
- understanding the use of furigana as a tool to support reading
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Japanese language, Kanji, Katakana, Kana