Chinese: Second Language

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

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 6784 | Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6743 | Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au

Chinese: Second Language

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