Recognise and discriminate between homonyms in Chinese, for example, shì- 是 and 室, relying on contextual cues to assist understanding

Recognise that some Pinyin with different tones change the meaning of the word shì 是 and shí十

Understand that the meaning of spoken language can be changed by using different tones
(ACLCHU042)

Recognise the features of the Chinese writing system, identifying how character structure, position and component sequences relate the form of a character to its particular sound and meaning
(ACLCHU043)

Use context-related vocabulary in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes

Recognise and use grammatical features to form simple sentences, including:

• nouns 卫生间、公园
• adjectives 好、坏、大、小
• numbers
• using the joining word 和
• using measurement words 一间卧室;两把椅子
• recognising that in Chinese, verbs convey tense without conjugation, for example, explaining why 有 can mean ‘have’, ‘had’ and ‘will have’
• applying processes of discourse development, including 也 and 和

Continue to build a metalanguage for Chinese to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures
(ACLCHU028)

Describe the major features of familiar text types in Chinese, including lack of word spacing or use of punctuation and variability in text direction
(ACLCHU045)