Recognise and reproduce the sounds and rhythms of spoken Japanese

Learn how sounds are produced and represented in the three different scripts
(ACLJAU120)

Recognise, trace and copy some hiragana

Recognise that kanji and hiragana have stroke order, for example, using tai chi to demonstrate stroke order

Understand that each individual kanji represents meaning as well as sounds, for example,
月　Moon, 一月 January

Recognise sequence of hiragana あ to ん, for example, through singing a hiragana rap song
(ACLJAU121)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

• understanding basic word order in simple sentences, for example, noun　が　すき　です；りんご　が　すき　です；adjective + nounです；おおきい  　いぬ　です
• referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers 0–10, for example、二、三
• recognising that numbers 4, 7 and 9 have more than one reading
• learning to describe the colour, size and shape of things, for example, みどり　です；おおきい　です；まる/しかく/ほし　です
• recognising and responding to a request using verb ください, for example, すわってください

(ACLJAU122)

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features
(ACLJAU123)

Understand that in Japanese, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting, addressing and interacting with people, and that particular interactions can vary between cultural contexts, for example, the use of titles in Japanese ～さん/～せんせい compared with the informal use of names in Australian English
(ACLJAU124)

Recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Japanese, and that Japanese and English borrow words and expressions from each other and from other languages, for example, sushi, origami, anime and manga
(ACLJAU125)