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Japanese / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
Recognise and copy some hiragana and a few high-frequency kanji
[Key concepts: script, kana, kanji, phonemic awareness, meaning; Key processes: recognising, tracing, copying]
(ACLJAU121)
Elaborations
- understanding that the Japanese language uses three different scripts depending on word origins and the context of language use
- understanding that one kana represents a basic unit of Japanese sound
- understanding that each individual kanji represents meaning as well as sounds, for example, 日、日、日, whereas one kana or one letter of the English alphabet does not represent individual meaning
- recognising some kanji, for example, numbers and 象形文字 (pictographs) such as 山、川、口、目、上
- recognising the 46 basic hiragana, using supports such as mnemonic clues
- tracing and copying kanji and kana
- tracing and copying their own name in katakana or hiragana
- identifying known hiragana within a word and using that to predict the meaning
- noticing that Japanese can be written vertically or horizontally
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Sight words, Japanese language, Hiragana