Japanese: Second Language

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

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 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6724 | Jaeik.Jeong@scsa.wa.edu.au