Students recognise the nature and roles of the identification of linguistic elements. three Japanese scripts, understanding that They distinguish between and hiragana represents the basic unit of Japanese and recognise that kanji can be pronounced sound, kanji represents meaning, and katakana is differently using (on) or (kun) readings. used for borrowed words. Students understand the function of verb stems, and They use the hiragana and katakana chart as a form and plain form verbs, and conjugate a range tool when writing and reading, recognising their of verb tenses and forms. systematic nature. They apply their understanding of conjugation to They know that hiragana and katakana are produce negative and past adjectives. pronounced identically and that the pronunciation Students identify and use a range of case particles of borrowed words is determined by the Japanese such as (or), (purpose/by) and (location). sound system. They use metalanguage Students understand and apply grammatical to describe and compare language features and rules concepts such as the use of particles, for of sentence construction. example, and They choose between using plain form based conjugation of present, past, positive and negative on age, relationship, familiarity, context and text type, forms of verbs. such as using plain form in a personal diary. They understand and use and adjectives, They understand that languages change over time and apply the rules of counter classifiers such as through contact with other languages and cultures, and identify the particular impact of technology and They explain how language and behaviour change media on contemporary forms of communication, for according to participants, context and relationship, example, the widespread adoption of English terms and that politeness and respect are expressed into Japanese, such as explicitly in Japanese through greetings, Students explain how Japanese cultural values such vocabulary, formulaic expressions and actions. as the importance of community, respect, and They understand that languages and cultures consideration for others are embedded in language change over time, and provide examples of how and behaviours such as languages borrow words from one another. Students make connections and comparisons between elements of the Japanese language and culture and their own, identifying how languages reflect ways of thinking and behaving. They identify how Japanese values such as humility and harmony are reflected in language, such as by deflecting praise, for example, softening responses with expressions such or and using indirect forms of refusal or disagreement.
Students recognise the nature and roles of the three Japanese scripts, understanding that hiragana represents the basic unit of Japanese sound, kanji represents meaning, and katakana is used for borrowed words. They use the hiragana and katakana chart as a tool when writing and reading, recognising their systematic nature. They know that hiragana and katakana are pronounced identically and that the pronunciation of borrowed words is determined by the Japanese sound system. Students understand and apply grammatical concepts such as the use of particles, for example, and conjugation of present, past, positive and negative forms of verbs. They understand and use and adjectives, and apply the rules of counter classifiers such as They explain how language and behaviour change according to participants, context and relationship, and that politeness and respect are expressed explicitly in Japanese through greetings, vocabulary, formulaic expressions and actions. They understand that languages and cultures change over time, and provide examples of how languages borrow words from one another. Students make connections and comparisons between elements of the Japanese language and culture and their own, identifying how languages reflect ways of thinking and behaving. They identify how Japanese values such as humility and harmony are reflected in language, such as by deflecting praise, for example, softening responses with expressions such or and using indirect forms of refusal or disagreement. identification of linguistic elements. They distinguish between and and recognise that kanji can be pronounced differently using (on) or (kun) readings. Students understand the function of verb stems, and form and plain form verbs, and conjugate a range of verb tenses and forms. They apply their understanding of conjugation to produce negative and past adjectives. Students identify and use a range of case particles such as (or), (purpose/by) and (location). They use metalanguage to describe and compare language features and rules of sentence construction. They choose between using plain form based on age, relationship, familiarity, context and text type, such as using plain form in a personal diary. They understand that languages change over time through contact with other languages and cultures, and identify the particular impact of technology and media on contemporary forms of communication, for example, the widespread adoption of English terms into Japanese, such as Students explain how Japanese cultural values such as the importance of community, respect, and consideration for others are embedded in language and behaviours such as
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