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

• using more time expressions, such as days of the week
• understanding and beginning to use a range of particles, for example,
  • へ (direction)
  • に (time, destination, purpose)
  • で (location of action, by means, such as  ペンで、 日本語 (にほんご) で)
• understanding and using いand な adjectives in the present tense and negative form, such as 大きくないです。しずかじゃないです。
• using verb stems with grammatical features, such as ～たい、 ～ たくない
• creating cohesion and flow by using conjunctions, for example, だから、 それで、 それに、 だから、しかし、 それに、 けれども
• asking and responding to questions, such as 何 (なに) で? (what transport/what method) いくら/いくつ?
• building vocabulary that relates to personal world, daily activities, routines and travel
• understanding Japanese counting systems using units of 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 and associated kanji, for example, 百 (ひゃく) 、 千 (せん) 、 万 (まん)
• extending the use of counter classifiers, for example, 〜 円 (えん) 、 ～ 分 (ふん) 、 ～まい、 ～ 本 (ほん) 、  ～つ、 ～ 日 (にち) (date)

Continue to build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts

(ACLJAU032)