Engage with authentic spoken language, recognising how words blend

Pronounce all the sounds in the kana chart, including voiced and unvoiced sounds てんてん and まる, combined and long vowel sounds and double consonants, for example, サッカー and ジョギング

(ACLJAU012)

Understand the relationship between the  character-based scripts of hiragana, katakana and kanji

Apply the basic principles of stroke order to read and write words and phrases using both kana and kanji, for example, 私(わたし)は十三才(じゅうさんさい)です。

Understand the use of basic Japanese punctuation marks, such asまる (。) 、 てん (、) and katakana long vowel mark (ー), for example, in a student’s name, such as サリー

Read and write all katakana, including voiced, unvoiced, contracted and blended sounds, combined and long vowel sounds and double consonants, using the kana chart

Use furigana to support the reading of unfamiliar kanji

(ACLJAU013)

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, by using context-related vocabulary and applying elements of the Japanese grammatical system, including:

• using the rule that Japanese sentences end with a predicate and that there are three types of predicates; noun plus copula, adjective plus copula, and verb, for example,
  • subject は noun  です。
  • subject は adjective  です。
  • subject は object を　verb ます。
• understanding that pronouns are used far less frequently in Japanese than in English
• understanding and using a range of particles to perform different functions, for example,
  • は (subject, topic marker)
  • が (subject, topic marker: ～が好(す)きです、～がいます)
  • を (object)
  • に (time, destination)
  • で (transport)
  • の (possession)
  • と (and, with)
  • も (also)
• using basic time expressions, such as clock times, months, for example, 一(いち)時、二月(じ､にがつ)
• building vocabulary that relates to familiar environments, such as the classroom, school and personal world
• understanding the rules of verb conjugation, for example, ます、 ～ましょう、 ～ました、～ません、 ～ませんでした
• understanding different question words, such as 何(なに)、 どこ、 何時(なんじ)、 なにで、 どんな、いつ、だれ、 いくら
• using a range of verbs related to daily activities, for example, 行(い)きます、 見(み)ます、たべます、 かきます、よみます、ききます、  はなします、 します

Continue to build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts

(ACLJAU014)

Identify, analyse and use text structures and language features of common spoken, written and multimodal texts, and explain how different types of texts are structured and use particular language features to suit different contexts, purposes and audiences

(ACLJAU015)

Examine linguistic features in texts to understand that Japanese, like all languages, varies according to participants, roles and relationships, situations and cultures

(ACLJAU016)

Understand the dynamic nature of Japanese, and how it influences and is influenced by other languages and cultures

(ACLJAU017)

Explore the relationship between language and significant cultural values or practices in Japanese, English and other languages

(ACLJAU018)