Use context-related vocabulary and develop and apply knowledge of the systematic nature of Japanese grammatical rules in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

  • using verbs to indicate – let’s…, ~ましょう
  • understanding and identifying elements of different sentence structures and the use of particles such as へ/で
  • understanding the use of ~が あります/
    いますto refer to inanimate/animate objects
  • describing locations of homes, people, animals and items, using basic structures, for example, noun は place に  あります; noun は place に います
  • knowing how to use prepositions to describe the position of objects, for example, つくえ の 上 に  本  が  あります
  • knowing how to use common counters and classifiers such as こ/ひき/びき/ぴき/えん
  • understanding Japanese numerical place order, for example 一、十、百、千、万
  • understanding different question words such as いくら/どれ

Build a metalanguage in Japanese to talk about language
(ACLJAU158)

Use context-related vocabulary and develop and apply knowledge of the systematic nature of Japanese grammatical rules in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

  • using verbs to indicate – let’s…, ~ましょう
  • understanding and identifying elements of different sentence structures and the use of particles such as へ/で
  • understanding the use of ~が あります/
    いますto refer to inanimate/animate objects
  • describing locations of homes, people, animals and items, using basic structures, for example, noun は place に  あります; noun は place に います
  • knowing how to use prepositions to describe the position of objects, for example, つくえ の 上 に  本  が  あります
  • knowing how to use common counters and classifiers such as こ/ひき/びき/ぴき/えん
  • understanding Japanese numerical place order, for example 一、十、百、千、万
  • understanding different question words such as いくら/どれ

Build a metalanguage in Japanese to talk about language
(ACLJAU158)