Notice Pinyin as the spelled-out sounds of spoken Chinese
(ACLCHU011)

Notice the tonal nature of spoken Chinese and use gestures to enhance the differentiation of tones
(ACLCHU010)

Recognise Chinese characters as a form of writing that is different from other forms of written expression, for example, the Roman alphabet
(ACLCHU011)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary to generate language

Begin to notice some first elements of grammar, including:

• using vocabulary related to greetings, name, age and talking about how they are feeling, for example, 你好, 再见, 我叫Anna; 我五岁
• recognising adjectives to describe how one is feeling, for example,
  我很好; 我不好
• recognising and using numbers 0-5
• noticing that Chinese sentences have a particular word order

(ACLCHU012)

Recognise that language is organised as ‘text’, that can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal
(ACLCHU013)

Recognise that in Chinese, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting, addressing and interacting with people
(ACLCHU015)

Recognise that Chinese is one of many major community languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages
(ACLCHU014)