Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- using verbs in ます and negative form ません
- describing actions using verb ます form, for example, すし を たべます
- understanding the rules of Japanese word order (subject + object + verb), the use of associated particles は/を/と/も/に, and the use of が in formulaic expressions, for example, noun がすきです
- understanding time words associated with days of the week, months of the year and seasons
- beginning to use general counters in Japanese, for example, ひとつ、ふたつ
- seeking information using question words なに/なん/いつ/どこ/ だれ and the sentence-ending particle か, for example, なに が すき ですか；なんさい ですか
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Japanese for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLJAU140)
Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- using verbs in ます and negative form ません
- describing actions using verb ます form, for example, すし を たべます
- understanding the rules of Japanese word order (subject + object + verb), the use of associated particles は/を/と/も/に, and the use of が in formulaic expressions, for example, noun がすきです
- understanding time words associated with days of the week, months of the year and seasons
- beginning to use general counters in Japanese, for example, ひとつ、ふたつ
- seeking information using question words なに/なん/いつ/どこ/ だれ and the sentence-ending particle か, for example, なに が すき ですか；なんさい ですか
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Japanese for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLJAU140)