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