Chinese: Second Language

code-switching preposition speak form-focused learning activities adverb morpheme create audience culture creating media texts complex sentence reciprocating directionality context register digraph complexity translation receptive language first language formulaic language framing modal verb intercultural capability communicative competence phonological awareness input mode prefix fluency biography text structure purposeful learning de-centre understanding genre content digital texts alliteration composing language systems/systems of language adjective dialect collocation word borrowing semantic knowledge authentic (texts/materials)informative texts learning trajectory language comprehension scanning imaginative texts bilingualism cohesion diphthongs comprehension/comprehending textual features/textual conventions tone talk text processing strategies suffix interpret comprehension strategies task orthography role of language and culture narrative devices intercultural language teaching and learning mediate paralanguage filler intensifiers phonics communicating accent marks characters pedagogy language functions reflecting diaspora encode persuasive texts enunciation convention accuracy syntax metalanguage literacy resources phoneme cognates multimodal text prediction pronoun text types (genres)medium clause productive language use skimming honorific text digital media noun cues verb synchronous decode oracy read macro skills morphology pragmatics scaffolding compound sentence face stress language patterns concrete language author language specificity accent pronunciation language informing root of a word grapho-phonic knowledge performance language features communication conjunction stereotype question script romanisation infinitive narrative socialising idiomatic expressions language variation and change lexical cohesion homophone character components background language mnemonic second language adverbial intonation identity auxiliary verb translating

The Chinese: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in Chinese, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The design of the Western Australian Curriculum: Languages takes into account different entry points into language learning across Pre-primary to Year 10 to reflect current practice in Languages. For Chinese: Second Language, there are two learning sequences to accommodate these practices: a Pre-primary – Year 10 sequence and a Year 7 – Year 10 sequence.

Pre-primary to Year 10
Year 7 to Year 10

Chinese: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6784 | Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6743 | Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au

Chinese: Second Language

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