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Japanese / Foundation to Year 2 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand the structure of basic sentences in Japanese and recognise some key elements of Japanese grammar
[Key concepts: grammar, vocabulary, syntax; Key processes: recognising, describing, indicating]
(ACLJAU122)
Elaborations
- knowing common forms of greetings, for example, おはようございます、おはよう, and noticing the different levels of formality
- identifying gender-specific pronouns わたし and ぼく
- understanding the use of common suffixes such as さん or くん or titles such as せんせい to address and refer to other people, for example, Luke くん and White せんせい
- understanding basic word order in simple sentences, for example, noun が すき です。りんご が すき です。, adjective + noun です。 おおきい いぬ です。
- understanding how to specify items using the possessive particle の, for example, わたし の かぞく、 Sarah さん の ほん、おばあさん の いえ
- referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers 0–100: 一、二、三 …百
- learning to describe the colour あお です。size おおきい です。 and shape まる です。of things
- understanding different question words such as だれ、なに、どこ and the sentence-ending particle か
- recognising and responding to a request using verb ください, for example, きいて ください。and すわって ください。
- indicating affirmative and negative responses using はい and いいえ
- using some culturally specific parallel phrases related to giving and receiving, for example, どうぞ and ありがとう
- learning to use common onomatopoeia such as ぺこぺこ and わんわん
- building vocabulary to describe and label familiar and immediate objects and environments
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Grammar, Japanese language