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Japanese / Year 9 and 10 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Curriculum content descriptions
Analyse variations in language use that reflect different social and cultural contexts, purposes and relationships
[Key concepts: 内/外, respect, social relations, variation, register; Key processes: selecting, applying, comparing, evaluating]
(ACLJAU196)
Elaborations
- applying an understanding of Japanese values such as respect (内/外) by making appropriate language choices, for example, using ご/お prefixes, and plain or polite forms, and recognising characteristics of formal/informal registers
- evaluating how language choices reflect social relations and priorities, such as using expressions that deflect praise of self or own family to show modesty, for example, 日本語がじょうずですね。いいえ、ぜんぜん。
- noticing differences in text structure and grammar between formal and informal Japanese language use, such as abbreviations, dropping of particles and emphatic intonation in informal communication such as face-to-face interactions, blogs, emails and other forms of correspondence, for example, あした行く？/先生、あした行きますか。うん、わかった。/はい、わかりました。それは何？/山中さん、それは何ですか。
- comparing verbal and non-verbal elements of communication in different languages and cultural contexts, such as ways of disagreeing or responding to thanks, or the use of gestures, facial expressions or あいづち/silence
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Language usage, Japanese language