Chinese: Second Language

text authentic (texts/materials)reflecting narrative devices creating alliteration language text types (genres)mode content adverb language features homophone phoneme multimodal text author morpheme language comprehension text processing strategies face lexical cohesion text structure pedagogy adverbial macro skills literacy resources comprehension/comprehending read mediate grapho-phonic knowledge skimming mnemonic clause de-centre comprehension strategies form-focused learning activities convention encode auxiliary verb concrete language collocation intercultural language teaching and learning stereotype question filler honorific script tone intensifiers root of a word intercultural capability narrative background language textual features/textual conventions bilingualism interpret intonation oracy language systems/systems of language accent marks biography language patterns audience accuracy prefix phonological awareness translation informing purposeful learning productive language use prediction communicating scaffolding infinitive noun pronoun second language performance complex sentence input context imaginative texts formulaic language digital texts syntax diaspora learning trajectory composing metalanguage reciprocating scanning communication word borrowing idiomatic expressions romanisation character components first language adjective accent compound sentence register diphthongs orthography language specificity cues fluency receptive language cognates semantic knowledge medium characters synchronous pragmatics translating phonics enunciation pronunciation create cohesion language functions conjunction culture morphology preposition informative texts task language variation and change digraph decode verb paralanguage talk dialect role of language and culture complexity stress communicative competence directionality media texts persuasive texts code-switching framing speak modal verb understanding identity socialising digital media genre suffix

The Chinese: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in Chinese, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The design of the Western Australian Curriculum: Languages takes into account different entry points into language learning across Pre-primary to Year 10 to reflect current practice in Languages. For Chinese: Second Language, there are two learning sequences to accommodate these practices: a Pre-primary – Year 10 sequence and a Year 7 – Year 10 sequence.

Pre-primary to Year 10
Year 7 to Year 10

Chinese: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6743 | Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au