ACLCHU205
Elaborations
- developing a metalanguage to talk about and compare features of grammar across languages
- comparing the impact of sequencing choices (for example, 我不能按时交作业因为我感冒了versus 我感冒了所以不能按时交作业) when explaining or justifying an action
- exploring the multiple uses of frequently encountered features of Chinese syntax such as particles 的 and 了
- exploring uses of cohesive devices such as 可是; 因为…所以…;如果…就… to sequence and order ideas and events (for example, …的时候、以后、以前;先…然后…; 完), to compare ideas (for example, 跟…一样/不同；比), and as simple connectives, for example, 不但…而且…；虽然…但是…
- organising information in diverse ways and discussing the logical flow of the information, considering whether it meets the audience’s expectations, for example, comparing 目前陆地上的煤，石油等资源 由于长期开采，已经越来越少。 and 由于长期开采陆地上的资源，比如煤和石油，目前已经越来越少
- comparing metaphorical and literal meaning in texts, for example, 远远的街灯明了，像是闪着无数的明星
- analysing rhetorical devices in texts (for example, 比喻、夸张、排比), identifying culturally specific features such as 日月如梭，难于上青天, and experimenting with rhetorical devices in own texts