Communicating

Socialising

Interact and socialise with the teacher and peers, using simple descriptive or expressive modelled language, to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school and their interests, for example, サッカー を しますか。いつ しますか。
土よう日 に サッカー を します。
サッカー  が  すき ですか。ぼく も
すき です。

Recount past activities, for example,
まち に いきました
(ACLJAC127)

Contribute collaboratively to class experiences, activities and transactions that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving a problem and sharing decisions, such as creating a display or conducting a role play or scenario, science experiments, cooking, origami or other craft activities
(ACLJAC128)

Informing

Locate and process factual information from familiar types of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts, related to their personal and social worlds
(ACLJAC130)

Gather and convey factual information, simple statements and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds
(ACLJAC131)

Creating

View a range of imaginative texts, for example, Japanese television programs for children and identify key words, familiar phrases and cultural expressions and behaviours
(ACLJAC132)

Create and perform short, imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language, cultural expression and performance, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language, for example, くち が 大きい です。にく を たべます。かわ に すんでいます。とても こわい です。
(ACLJAC133)

Translating

Explain features of Japanese language protocols such as the use of formulaic expressions, for example, いってきます/ただいま; counter classifiers; the indication of politeness by using です

Use visual, print or online dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts such as labels or captions
(ACLJAC134)

Reflecting

Notice and describe how language reflects cultural practices and norms
(ACLJAC137)