Japanese: Second Language

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

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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