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