Notice and use context-related vocabulary and begin to use some first elements of grammar to generate simple spoken and written texts for a range of purposes, including:

  • that Chinese sentences have a particular word order, for example, 我爱妈妈 is about ‘I’ and 妈妈爱我 is about ‘Mum’
  • using the third person to introduce others
  • describing people using adjectives, for example, body parts 头、头发、眼睛、眉毛、鼻子、耳朵、身体、嘴巴、腿, adjectives 大、小、长、短、胖、瘦 and colours 黑色、棕色
  • recognising and using sentences to describe, for example, 我的眉毛很长;他的头发很短;
    她有黑色的头发;我有两只棕色的眼睛
    (ACLCHU012)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and begin to use some first elements of grammar to generate simple spoken and written texts for a range of purposes, including:

  • that Chinese sentences have a particular word order, for example, 我爱妈妈 is about ‘I’ and 妈妈爱我 is about ‘Mum’
  • using the third person to introduce others
  • describing people using adjectives, for example, body parts 头、头发、眼睛、眉毛、鼻子、耳朵、身体、嘴巴、腿, adjectives 大、小、长、短、胖、瘦 and colours 黑色、棕色
  • recognising and using sentences to describe, for example, 我的眉毛很长;他的头发很短;
    她有黑色的头发;我有两只棕色的眼睛
    (ACLCHU012)