Japanese: Second Language

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

The Japanese: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in Japanese, 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 Japanese: 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

Japanese: 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 6382 | Lisa.Djanegara@scsa.wa.edu.au

Japanese: Second Language

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