Chinese: Second Language

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

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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