Communicating

Socialising

Initiate and maintain spoken and written interactions with peers and known adults, using both rehearsed and spontaneous language to discuss and share ideas, views, opinions and experiences of significant social events, special occasions or milestones, for example, ボクシングデーにかいものに行きます。だから、はやくおきます。
(ACLJAC163)

Engage in tasks that involve planning of experiences and activities, such as a birthday party, Christmas or New Year’s Eve festivities, or community festivals, considering options, negotiating arrangements, solving problems and participating in transactions that include purchasing goods and services, for example,イースターにビーチに行きましょうか。ビーチは、ちょっと…; キャンプはどうですか。;このT シャツはL サイズですね。ちょっと 大きい です。M サイズをください。
(ACLJAC164)

Informing

Access, summarise and share key ideas from a range of texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds and present them in different formats for the intended audience
(ACLJAC166)

Organise and present information and ideas to raise awareness of and inform others about texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using descriptive and expressive language to compare perspectives and experiences
(ACLJAC167)

Creating

Respond to a range of imaginative texts, analysing ideas, themes, values and techniques used to engage and entertain audiences and make connections with personal experiences and other imaginative texts in their own language and culture
(ACLJAC168)

Create and present a range of simple texts that involve imagined contexts and characters such as raps, poems, picture books or cartoons, selecting appropriate language, rhythms and images to enrich the visual or listening experience
(ACLJAC169)

Translating

Translate and interpret texts, including those that use language with colloquial or cultural association, and consider why there might be differences in interpretation and how language reflects elements of culture
(ACLJAC170)

Reflecting

Participate in intercultural interactions, with members of the Japanese-speaking community to discuss cultural practices, demonstrating awareness
of the importance of shared understanding and reflecting on adjustments made as a result of reactions and responses.

Consider how their own biography influences their identity and communication and shapes their own intercultural experiences
(ACLJAC172) (ACLJAC173)